Tornado, Galveston
- When
- February 12, 3:45 PM CST to 3:47 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County, Galveston
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $120,000
- Coordinates
- 29.300, -94.820
Tornado in Texas, February 12, 1997
Tornado touched down at 37th St. & Harborside Dr.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $120,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Tornado touched down at 37th St. & Harborside Dr. Sewage treatment plant lost half of its roof. Gas station at 33rd St. & Seawall Blvd. sustained minor damage to its pumps. Also spotty window and fence damage to area homes.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in Washington, February 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, February 12 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1997Warnings in Texas, February 1997
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5595171.