Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 3, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$8,000

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.

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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.

• High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 3, 19971 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 3, 1997$201,000 · 9 events
• Flash Flooding in Georgia, May 3, 1997$237,000 · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 19974 injured · $50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 3, 1997$85,000 · 55 kt wind · 10 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 3 to 28, 1997F0 · 49 events
• Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 3, 1997$85,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Florida, May 3, 19972 injured · $25,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 1997$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• Flash Flood in Alabama, May 3, 1997$38,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 3, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 1997$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events

Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 1997

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: 5614762.