Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, August 13, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$2,000

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.

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.

• Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 13, 19971 death · $103,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
• Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 13, 19971 death · 1 injured · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 13, 1997$1.3 million · 2 in hail · 4 events
• Lightning Strike in Utah, August 13, 1997$300,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in New York, August 13, 1997$60,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, August 13, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in New Jersey, August 13, 1997$50,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 1997$30,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 13, 1997$25,000 · 0.88 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 13, 19972 injured · 1 in hail · 6 events
• Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1997$26,000 · 2 events

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, 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: 5622056.