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F2 tornado in Morgan County, Georgia

Tornado June 27, 1994 · Morgan County, Georgia

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

A tornado touched down and destroyed 12 homes, severely damaged 28 to 30 additional homes and destroyed four chicken houses. Numerous large pine trees were uprooted or snapped half-way up from the crown. Damage to property in the Bostwick area was estimated at nearly 500,000 dollars.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10320793. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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