Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 22, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$50,000

Crop damage

$8,000

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 Knoxville radar (KMRX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.

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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.

• Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 1997$604,000 · 1.85 in hail · 19 events
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 22, 1997$530,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
• Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 22, 1997$500,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 22, 1997$104,000 · 3 events
• Flash Flood in Iowa, July 22, 1997$105,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 22, 1997$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 22, 1997$70,000 · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1997$70,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1997$60,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 22, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Alabama, July 22, 1997$25,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 22, 1997$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5602191.