Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- March 17, 6:45 AM CST to 6:46 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Indianola
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 28.520, -96.480
Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
Gustnado with a 70 knot wind gust recorded by a local resident. A small shed was destroyed, porch overhangs were destroyed, and a 1 to 3 foot storm surge accompanied the gust front with minor flooding.
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
- $10,000
- 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 CRP wrote it up.
Gustnado with a 70 knot wind gust recorded by a local resident. A small shed was destroyed, porch overhangs were destroyed, and a 1 to 3 foot storm surge accompanied the gust front with minor flooding.
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:47 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
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- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
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- High Wind in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1997
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1997Warnings in Texas, March 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: 5593850.