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F1 tornado in Decatur County, Georgia

Tornado February 13, 2000 · Decatur County, Georgia

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

Injury

$1.0M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 destroyed several homes, and downed trees and power lines at the intersection of CR 97 and CR 262. One person was injured by flying debris. Decatur County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by the Decatur County EMA.

Began near Bainbridge (31.0500, -84.3833).

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 Colquitt County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5133530. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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