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F2 tornado in Richmond County, Georgia

Tornado December 17, 2000 · Richmond County, Georgia

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

Injuries

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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

An F2 tornado intermittently touched down along a 2 mile path. Extensive damage was done to the Timberidge subdivision and to other homes and mobile homes along its path. Eight people were injurred, one seriously. There were no deaths.

Began near Augusta (33.3167, -81.9667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5167446. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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