Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$40,000

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.

• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15 to 22, 1997$105,000 · F0 · 3 events
• Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 15, 1997$60,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1997$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, September 15 to 17, 19975 events
• Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997F0 · 2 events
• Flooding in North Carolina, September 15, 19972 events
• Hail in Montana, September 15, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Montana, September 15, 199760 kt wind · 1 event
• Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 19971 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: 5621786.