Storm reports for December 9, 1997

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On December 9, 1997, 5 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Craig County, OK.

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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $15,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (8 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Duval County, FL (near Jacksonville) · Tornado F0 · $15,000
  “Barn roof destroyed. Large trees and power lines were blown down.”
• Delaware County, OK (near Grove) · Hail 0.88″
  “An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in southern Craig County of northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of December 9th and moved east into northern Delaware County. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bernice, and dime size hail also fell at Bernice.”

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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