Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, LaGrange County, Indiana, May 18, 1997
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length1 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.30, -86.47) to the end point (42.32, -86.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 18, 1997, 8:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- Indiana
- Counties
- LaGrange County
- Path
- 1 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 18, 1997
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1997 | F2 | Illinois | 6 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F1 | Iowa | 3.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F1 | California | 3.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F1 | California | 9 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Indiana | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 18, 1997 | F0 | Indiana | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.