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F1 tornado in Colquitt County, Georgia

Tornado February 14, 2000 · Colquitt County, Georgia

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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

A tornado touched down just west of Moultrie and tracked northeast. One home was damaged on Hartsfield Road just north of Moultrie. Numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA.

Began near Moultrie (31.1833, -83.8500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Mitchell County 11 dead F3 Grady County 6 dead F3 Mitchell County 1 dead F3 Thomas County F2 Colquitt County 1 dead F1 Decatur County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5132158. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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