F1 tornado — Hall County, Georgia

F1 tornado in Hall County, Georgia

Tornado February 21, 1993 · Hall County, Georgia

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

330 yd

Path width

Injury

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado touched down in Federal Park about 4 miles west of Oakwood and downed several large trees. The tornado then moved east northeast and caused severe damage to five homes about 2 miles west of Oakwood. The tornado moved east and caused minor damage to a high school and several homes about 1 mile southwest of Oakwood. The tornado moved over Oakwood and damaged 24 duplexes and severely damaged five homes about 0.5 mile southwest of the town center. Residents of the subdivision compared the sound of the tornado to that of a jumbo jet taking off or a loud train. The tornado moved across Interstate 985, about 1 mile south of the center of Oakwood, in which several trees were downed on homes and cars in three divisions. Minor structural damage occurred to several businesses in Oakwood before the tornado dissipated. A total of nearly 100 structures were damaged, of which 45 homes were moderately to severely damaged. One large building destroyed. Over 2,500 electric customers lost power from downed power lines.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10318931. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Hall County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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