1997 Miami tornado
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox weather eventTemplate:Infobox weather event/TornadoTemplate:Infobox weather event/EffectsTemplate:Infobox weather event/FooterThe 1997 Miami tornado (also known as the Great Miami Tornado)<ref name="25th Anniversary">Template:Cite news</ref> was an F1 tornado which touched down in Miami, Florida, on May 12, 1997. The tornado was captured by an elevated camera operated by the local television station WPLG.<ref name="Remembering">Template:Cite news</ref>
Tornado summaryEdit
The tornado formed at 1:53 p.m. EDT, initially touching down in the Silver Bluff Estates area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It then swept through Downtown Miami bypassing the city's skyscrapers. It crossed the MacArthur Causeway and the Venetian Causeway towards Miami Beach, sideswiping the cruise ship MS Sovereign of the Seas. The tornado lifted from the water halfway through Biscayne Bay and touched down briefly again in Miami Beach, flipping over a car and then dissipating. The Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma had noted the possibility for tornadoes in the area and warned that there might be more to come. The tornado ultimately caused 12 injuries and $525,000 in damage,<ref name="StormEvent">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> though no injuries were serious.<ref name="MiamiHerald">Template:Cite news</ref> The tornado's passage also cut power to 21,000 people.<ref name="MiamiHerald" />