Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro
- When
- March 2, 7:50 AM CST
- Where
- Navarro County, 5 mi N of Kerens
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -96.230
Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
An elevated severe windstorm developed just east of Corsicana and accelerated northeastward at 50 to 60 mph. The storm resulted in widespread wind damage, produced by estimated wind gusts determined by a damage survey of up to around 100 mph, over a 3 to 5 mile wide path across the northeastern quarter of the county.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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 FWD wrote it up.
An elevated severe windstorm developed just east of Corsicana and accelerated northeastward at 50 to 60 mph. The storm resulted in widespread wind damage, produced by estimated wind gusts determined by a damage survey of up to around 100 mph, over a 3 to 5 mile wide path across the northeastern quarter of the county. Within the damage path, at least 3 mobile homes were overturned and destroyed, trees were snapped and uprooted, and homes received minor damage to their roofs. The path of damage stretched from just northeast of Corsicana to the county line, east of the Bazette Community. Two fatalities occurred in this community when the very strong winds overturned a mobile home. Several other injuries were also reported in the same community.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro | 1997-03-02 | 31 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
| Thunderstorm Wind, Navarro | 1997-03-02 | 2 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
What these are
- 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
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
More
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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: 5597095.