Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

$5,000

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), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 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.

• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 5, 19971 death · 1 injured · $20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Weather in North Dakota, March 5, 19971 death · 1 injured · $15,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 5, 1997$565,000 · 56 kt wind · 18 events
• Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 1997$385,000 · 12 events
• Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 1997$125,000 · 8 events
• Flash Flood in Arkansas, March 5, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 5, 1997$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997$27,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 5, 1997$25,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997$22,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1997$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997$20,000 · 1 event

Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, March 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: 5596907.