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F3 tornado in Thomas County, Georgia

Tornado February 14, 2000 · Thomas County, Georgia

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 strong tornado moved from the northeast corner of Grady County into extreme northwest Thomas County near Meigs. A few homes were damaged with numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Thomas County EMA.

Began near Meigs (31.0667, -84.1500).

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 F2 Colquitt County 1 dead F1 Colquitt County F1 Decatur County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5132573. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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