Texas

Storms in Texas in 1997

4,001 events in 1,398 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Texas in 1997 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
4,001
Deaths
67
Injuries
387
Damage
$436 million
Episodes
1,398

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail1,320013$16 million
Thunderstorm Wind1,028421$16 million
Flash Flood79517240$92 million
Tornado1963165$194 million
Heavy Rain12900$45,000
Winter Weather8100
Heavy Snow7800$50,000
Ice Storm70420$18 million
Winter Storm6830$6.3 million
Drought6300$79 million
Flood5221$5.8 million
Lightning41327$5.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill2910$2.4 million
Funnel Cloud2300
High Wind1000$42,000
Strong Wind500$31,000
Coastal Flood500$655,000
Heat420
Waterspout300
Dense Fog100

Every episode, month by month

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November 1997

December 1997

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Sources

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.