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F2 tornado in Pike County, Georgia

Tornado February 22, 1993 · Pike County, Georgia

F2
Rating
8.0 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
1
Death
2
Injuries
$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

Storm survey indicated a tornado with multiple vortices that followed a path about a 0.5-mile-wide. The tornado touched down east of the Flint river and continued east to the city of Zebulon at Georgia Highway 85. The Damage path was over 8 miles, but not continuous. A 10,000 square foot home valued at $776,000 was leveled with only kindling like litter left where it once stood. Ten homes were completely destroyed, 10 suffered substantial damage, and 10 others suffered minor damage. Damage to farm buildings estimated at $14,000. Several large trees and power lines were downed. The tornado caused one death, one critically injured, and one minor injury. The death and injuries occurred in a mobile home that was anchored to the ground yet lifted by the tornadic wind and destroyed the trailer which crushed the occupant. (F46M)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10321081. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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