Texas, 1997Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 22 to 23, 1997
June 22 to 23, 1997 · NWS FWD · 3 events in 1 county or zone
2 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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, Comanche
- When
- June 22, 12:30 PM CST to 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, 2 mi SW of De Leon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 35 yd
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -98.570
A tornado removed the roof from a mobile home, destroyed 3 barns and downed trees.
Flash Flood, Comanche
- When
- June 22, 7:30 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Sipe Spgs
- Coordinates
- 31.948, -98.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two feet of water was reported over Farm-to-Market Road 587.
Flash Flood, Comanche
- When
- June 22, 11:46 PM CST to June 23, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Comanche
- Coordinates
- 31.948, -98.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads throughout the county were reported flooded.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 22, 19971 death · 3 injured · $102,000 · 90 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 22, 19971 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 22, 1997$15 million · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Minnesota, June 22, 1997$5.1 million · 2 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 22, 1997$4.2 million · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 1997$2.1 million · F0 · 4 events
- Hail in Iowa, June 22, 1997$1.6 million · 3.5 in hail · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 22 to 23, 1997$415,000 · 1.75 in hail · 24 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, June 22, 1997$440,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1997$460,000 · 67 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 22 to 23, 1997$300,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 22 to 23, 1997$300,000 · 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: 5608228, 5608230, 5608229.