1997

Newville, Alabama

Date: January 5

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Henry

Compass Lake, Florida

Date: January 15

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.5 mile/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Calhoun

Pelican, Louisiana

Date: January 23

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Parishes: De Soto

Smyrna, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 29.7 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Rutherford, Wilson

Belfast, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6.9 miles/60 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Marshall, Bedford

Fayetteville, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.2 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Lincoln

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6.5 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/18

Counties: Rutherford

Gordonsville, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 22.3 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/6

Counties: Smith, Putnam

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/0

Counties: Tuscaloosa

Auburntown, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 18.3 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Cannon, DeKalb

Glasgow, Kentucky

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/600 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Barren, Metcalfe

Mount Union, Tennessee

Date: January 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.8 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Jackson

Coker, Alabama

Date: January 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Tuscaloosa

Walnut Grove, Mississippi

Date: February 21

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Scott, Leake

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as two separate tornadoes**

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Date: February 21

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 mile/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Spartanburg

Napier, Tennessee

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 11.7 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Wayne, Lawrence, Lewis

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as two separate tornadoes**

Thaxton, Mississippi

Date: March 1

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 50 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/17

Counties: Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as four separate tornadoes**

Gamaliel, Kentucky

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Monroe

Selmer, Tennessee

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: McNairy

Stanton, Kentucky

Date: March 1

Rating: F1 (72-113 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/70 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Powell

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 69 miles/1,056 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 6/113

Counties: Hempstead, Nevada, Clark, Hot Spring

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as three separate tornadoes**

El Paso, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 16 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/5

Counties: Lonoke, White

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as two separate tornadoes**

Swifton, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 68 miles/1,056 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 4/83

Counties: White, Jackson, Independence, Craighead, Lawrence, Greene

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as SEVEN separate tornadoes**

Little Rock, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 25 miles/1,408 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 15/220

Counties: Saline, Pulaski

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as two separate tornadoes**

Jerusalem, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 17.5 miles/880 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Pope, Conway, Van Buren

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as three separate tornadoes**

Vimy Ridge, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/350 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Saline

**This tornado was a satellite of the Little Rock F4**

College Station, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/350 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Pulaski

**This tornado was also a satellite of the Little Rock F4**

Lonoke, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2.3 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/3

Counties: Lonoke

Humboldt, Tennessee

Date: March 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 30 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Crockett, Gibson, Carroll

Hickory Ridge, Arkansas

Date: March 1

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 19 miles/880 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Woodruff, Jackson, Cross, Poinsett

Blytheville, Arkansas-Dyersburg, Tennessee

Date: March 1

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 45 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/15

Counties: Mississippi (AR), Dyer (TN), Gibson (TN)

Magnolia, Kentucky

Date: March 28

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 11 miles/1,200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/15

Counties: Hart, Larue

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as two separate tornadoes**

Attila, Kentucky

Date: March 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 11 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Green, LaRue, Marion

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as three separate tornadoes**

Summer Shade, Kentucky

Date: March 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 16 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/6

Counties: Metcalfe, Adair

**The SPC database mistakenly lists this as two separate tornadoes**

Cane Valley, Kentucky

Date: March 28

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 10 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/7

Counties: Adair

Livingston, Tennessee

Date: March 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5.9 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Overton

Beersheba Springs, Tennessee

Date: March 28

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Sqeuatchie

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Date: March 29

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 12 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/94

Counties: Hamilton, Bradley

Seminole, Texas

Date: April 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2.6 miles/250 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Gaines

Kalgary, Texas

Date: April 10

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.2 mile/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/1

Counties: Crosby

Rainsville, Alabama

Date: April 22

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/220 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/10

Counties: DeKalb

Athens, Alabama

Date: May 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.2 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/12

Counties: Limestone

Meridianville, Alabama

Date: May 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.3 miles/70 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Madison

Huntland, Tennessee

Date: May 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.9 mile/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Franklin

Tchula, Mississippi

Date: May 2

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 20 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Holmes

Miami, Florida

Date: May 12

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 8 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/12

Counties: Miami-Dade

Gurnee, Illinois

Date: May 18

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Lake

Purcell, Oklahoma

Date: May 25

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/1,320 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: McClain

Rome, Kansas

Date: May 25

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 8 miles/1,700 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Sumner

Muenster, Texas

Date: May 25

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 mile/75 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Cooke

Slick, Oklahoma

Date: May 26

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 8.1 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Creek, Okmulgee

Indianola, Oklahoma

Date: May 26

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Pittsburg

Vanndale, Arkansas

Date: May 27

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.2 mile/25 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Cross

Moody, Texas

Date: May 27

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.7 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: McLennan, Bell

Morgan's Point Resort, Texas

Date: May 27

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.4 miles/275 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Bell

Jarrell, Texas

Date: May 27

Rating: F5 (>260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 7.5 miles/650 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 27/12

Counties: Bell, Williamson

Cedar Park, Texas

Date: May 27

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9.2 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/15

Counties: Williamson, Travis

Perdernales Valley, Texas

Date: May 27

Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5.6 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/5

Counties: Travis

Spirit Lake, Idaho

Date: May 31

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/50 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Kootenai

Shamrock, Texas

Date: June 11

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9 miles/600 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/13

Counties: Wheeler

Greenville, Kentucky

Date: June 13

Rating: F2 (150 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/120 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Muhlenberg

Elmwood, Wisconsin

Date: June 15

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 mile/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Dunn

Badger, Minnesota

Date: June 27

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 11 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Roseau

Buffalo, Minnesota

Date: July 1

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/800 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Wright

Monticello, Minnesota (#1)

Date: July 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Wright

Monticello, Minnesota (#2)

Date: July 1

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/550 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Wright

Mio, Michigan

Date: July 2

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 13 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Crawford, Oscoda

Chesaning, Michigan

Date: July 2

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/60 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Genesee

Clio, Michigan

Date: July 2

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/1,000 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Genesee

Anderson, Indiana

Date: July 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/110 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Madison

Otisville, Michigan

Date: July 2

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.7 miles/1,500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/1

Counties: Genesee

Holly, Michigan

Date: July 2

Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 mile/23 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/0

Counties: Oakland

**Independent researcher Thomas Grazulis rated this tornado as an F3 in his Significant Tornadoes 1974-2022 book**

Hamtramck, Michigan

Date: July 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6.7 miles/2,500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/90

Counties: Wayne

Jamestown, Ohio

Date: July 2

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.2 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Greene

Felicity, Ohio

Date: July 2

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 12 miles/500 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Clermont

Monterey, Massachusetts (#1)

Date: July 3

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4.5 miles/600 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Berkshire

Monterey, Massachusetts (#2)

Date: July 3

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.7 miles/600 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Berkshire

Canaan, New York-Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Date: July 3

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1.5 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Columbia (NY), Berkshire (MA)

Greenfield, New Hampshire

Date: July 3

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/250 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Hillsborough

Glandon, Wisconsin

Date: July 16

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.4 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Lincoln, Marathon

Hurricane Danny (Landfall #1)

Date: July 18

Strength: Category 1 (65 knots, 989 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 0900 UTC

Location of Landfall: Empire, Louisiana

Hurricane Danny (Landfall #2)

Date: July 19

Strength: Category 1 (70 knots, 984 millibars)

Time of Landfall: 1000 UTC

Location of Landfall: Fort Morgan, Alabama

Grano, North Dakota

Date: July 23

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 0.2 mile/30 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0.2 mile/30 yards

Counties: Renville

Columbia, South Carolina

Date: July 23

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.5 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/6

Counties: Lexington

Camden, South Carolina

Date: July 23

Rating: F2 (135 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/125 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Kershaw

Typhoon Tina

Date: August 6

Strength: Category 2-equivalent typhoon (85 knots)

Time: 2000 UTC

Location: West of Okinawa

Derry, Pennsylvania

Date: August 15

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3.5 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/2

Counties: Westmoreland

Union City, Pennsylvania

Date: August 16

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 2 miles/100 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Erie

Onamia, Minnesota

Date: September 18

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 17 miles/800 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 1/1

Counties: Morrison, Mille Lacs

Warman, Minnesota

Date: September 18

Rating: F2 (13-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 17 miles/450 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Kanabec

Buckman, Minnesota

Date: September 18

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 8 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Morrison

Copper Mountain, Colorado

Date: October 10

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Mineral

Crosby, Texas

Date: October 23

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 7 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Harris

Cut and Shoot, Texas

Date: October 23

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/440 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Montgomery

Merryville, Louisiana

Date: October 23

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 4 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/4

Parishes: Beauregard

Alma, Georgia

Date: October 26

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/30 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/1

Counties: Bacon

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Date: November 2

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/400 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/32

Counties: Volusia

Typhoon Keith

Date: November 2

Strength: Category 5-equivalent super typhoon (140 knots)

Time: 0600 UTC

Location: Near Rota, North Mariana Islands

Covington, Louisiana

Date: November 21

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 9 miles/200 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/43

Parishes: St. Tammany

Saraland, Alabama

Date: November 21

Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 1 mile/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/0

Counties: Mobile

Midland City, Alabama

Date: December 24

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/300 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/5

Counties: Houston

Haines City, Florida

Date: December 27

Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)

Path Length/Path Width: 5.8 miles/150 yards

Fatalities/Injuries: 0/18

Counties: Polk

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