Tornado, Rains
- When
- June 13, 8:28 PM CST to 8:29 PM CST
- Where
- Rains County, 3 mi S of Emory
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -95.750
A brief tornado was reported by law enforcement personnel.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1997
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:25 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rains
- When
- June 13, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rains County, Emory
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -95.750
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 13, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 13 to 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, June 13 to 14, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 13, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, June 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1997Warnings in Texas, June 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: 5609419, 5609420.