Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 15, 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.

• Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 15, 19972 injured · $810,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 15, 1997$105,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 15 to 16, 1997$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997$40,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997$30,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 19971.75 in hail · 15 events
• Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 15, 1997$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Lightning Strike in Florida, August 15, 19971 injured · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Hawaii, August 15, 19971 injured · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1997$12,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 15, 1997$1,000 · 4 events

Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 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: 5610221.