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F1 tornado in Meriwether County, Georgia

Tornado February 22, 1993 · Meriwether County, Georgia

F1
Rating
12.0 mi
Path length
600 yd
Path width
1
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 near St. Marks in extreme western Meriwether County and moved east southeast toward Georgia Highway 85 before dissipating. The damage path was not continuous. The tornado destroyed six houses, one unoccupied mobile home was lifted into woods and destroyed. A total 15 to 20 homes were damaged, eight barns destroyed, one cow killed and three others injured from wind driven debris. Several large trees, power poles, power lines, and fencing were downed along the tornado path. Several vehicles were damaged from fallen trees. A large sawmill near Greenville suffered major damage. Most of the damage occurred along Georgia Highway 100, 4 miles northwest of Greenville.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10321286. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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