Texas, 1997Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997
April 4, 1997 · NWS FWD · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Tornado, Denton
- When
- April 4, 4:50 PM CST to 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County, Pilot Pt
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -96.970
A brief tornado touchdown blew down signs and trees, and damaged a gas station.
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- April 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County, Pilot Pt
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -96.970
- 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.
- 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.
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 4 to 7, 19972 deaths · 16 injured · $45 million · 33 events
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, April 4 to 5, 1997$96 million · 16 events
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 4 to 6, 1997$18 million · 9 events
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1997$11 million · 1 event
- Blizzard in Wyoming, April 4 to 6, 1997$5.0 million · 12 events
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 4 to 6, 1997$5.0 million · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997$600,000 · 3 in hail · 3 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 4, 1997$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 4, 1997$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 4, 1997$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4 to 5, 1997$203,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1997$200,000 · 1 event
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: 5600685, 5600686.