Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 1, 1997

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.

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Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 29, 19971 injured · $259,000 · F0 · 163 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 1, 19972 injured · $17 million · 2.75 in hail · 34 events
• Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 1, 19971 death · 1 event
• Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1997$8.0 million · 10 events
• Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1997$4.0 million · 8 events
• Heavy Rain in Ohio, May 1 to 31, 1997$1.0 million · 30 events
• Flooding in Montana, May 1 to 31, 1997$2.3 million · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1997$21,000 · 2.25 in hail · 57 events
• Flooding in Louisiana, May 1 to 9, 1997$120,000 · 4 events
• Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 9, 1997$100,000 · 2 events
• High Wind in Ohio, May 1, 1997$63,000 · 60 kt wind · 11 events
• Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 1, 1997$100,000 · 1 event

Every storm in New Jersey in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, May 1997

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: 5608943.