Tornado in Texas, July 16, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$50,000

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.

The Houston radar (KHGX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.

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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.

• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 16, 19971 death · 2 injured · $9.8 million · F2 · 52 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 16, 19971 death · $118,000 · 0.75 in hail · 10 events
• Heat in Wisconsin, July 16, 19971 death · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 16 to 17, 19973 injured · $88,000 · 2.75 in hail · 39 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16 to 17, 1997$225,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 16 to 17, 1997$139,000 · 1.5 in hail · 12 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1997$100,000 · 75 kt wind · 17 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16, 1997$77,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
• Hail and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 16, 19971 injured · $100,000 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
• Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 16, 1997$150,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 1997$65,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 16, 1997F1 · 24 events

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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: 5609792.