Storm reports for July 12, 1997

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On July 12, 1997, 6 hail, 9 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Meade County, SD.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $151,000 in property damage and $10,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (17 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Box Butte County, NE (near Alliance) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “Roofs torn off 1 mobile home and 1 apartment complex; at least 2 cars damaged by fallen limbs; power lines downed; 1 camper flipped; trees uprooted; 3' diameter maple tree thrown onto roof of house; 6' wooden fence downed.”
• St. James Parish, LA (near Paulina) · Thunderstorm wind · $20,000
  “A metal building was blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Tampa) · Thunderstorm wind · $1,000
  “Thunderstorm winds of up to 50 mph downed a couple of small trees near the intersection of Lutz-Lake Fern Road and Angel Lane in Lutz.”
• Fall River County, SD (near Hot Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A 60 mph wind gust was reported from Angostura Reservoir Dam.”
• Isanti County, MN (near Isanti) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Trees blown down. Gusts to 50 mph also reported in Cambridge.”
• Hubbard County, MN (near Park Rapids) · Tornado F0
  “A brief touchdown produced minor tree damage.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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