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: Â 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
