Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- September 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County, Anna
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -96.570
Strong winds destroyed a barn, damaged a house and a pickup truck, and blew down large trees and power lines.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15 to 22, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $105,000
- 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.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wise
- When
- September 15, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County, 7 mi N of Rhome
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -97.480
Strong winds destroyed a metal building. Debris from the building damaged a truck and a house.
Tornado, Bell
- When
- September 22, 7:30 AM CST to 7:33 AM CST
- Where
- Bell County, Belton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 31.070, -97.470
A tornado destroyed garage doors, damaged the roofs of five homes, and blew down trees and power lines.
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.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 15 to 17, 1997
- Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Hail in Montana, September 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Montana, September 15, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1997Warnings in Texas, September 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: 5613057, 5613058, 5613059.