Waterspout in North Carolina, September 10, 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.

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:46 UTC.

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Waterspout

A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

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

• Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, September 10, 19971 death · 1 injured · $1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 30 events
• Tornado in Virginia, September 10, 1997$150,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Virginia, September 10, 1997$20,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, September 10, 19973 injured · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 10 to 11, 1997$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 10, 1997$15,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Maryland, September 10 to 11, 1997$15,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in New Mexico, September 10, 19971 injured · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 10, 199750 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 10, 19972 events
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 10, 1997$1,000 · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 10, 199750 kt wind · 2 events

Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619244.