Missouri, 1997

Tornado in Missouri, June 17, 1997

June 17, 1997 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Butler

When
June 17, 6:30 PM CST to 6:32 PM CST
Where
Butler County, 5 mi W of Qulin
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
36.600, -90.350

Law enforcement personnel reported a funnel cloud briefly touched ground in open country. No damage was reported. Numerous funnel clouds were reported during the day, none of which were spawned by severe thunderstorms.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5601795.