Tornado in Ohio, August 16, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$500,000

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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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.

• Heat in Maryland, August 16 to 17, 19971 death · 50 injured · 14 events
• Heat in Virginia, August 16 to 17, 199750 injured · 21 events
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 16, 19972 deaths · $75,000 · 1 event
• Heat in District of Columbia, August 16 to 17, 19971 death · 25 injured · 1 event
• Heat in Pennsylvania, August 16 to 17, 19972 deaths · 6 events
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 16, 19971 death · $170,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in New York, August 16, 19971 death · 6 injured · 56 kt wind · 9 events
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 19971 death · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1997$503,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 19971 death · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 19971 death · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 16, 19971 death · 1 event

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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: 5617252.