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F0 tornado in Banks County, Georgia

Tornado July 23, 2000 · Banks County, Georgia

F0
Rating
1.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$105K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 NWS Survey Team concluded that an F0 tornado briefly touched down 5 miles west-southwest of Homer and traveled for 2 miles with an approximate path width of 100 yards to a point approximately 3 miles southwest of Homer. One person was injured, apparently by debris, but little additional information was known. The Banks county newspaper reported that the tornado completely destroyed a chicken breeder/pullet building on Simms Road, which had 11,000 chickens inside. The number of chickens that survived was unknown, but the loss of the chicken house and chickens was estimated at $66,000. At the neighboring residence, a satellite dish was destroyed when a large tree fell on it. Another house on Wellborn Road sustained damage when a large uprooted tree fell on the back portion of the house causing damage. Roads and yards in the area were littered with fallen trees and debris. Several roads were blocked as a consequence.

Began near Homer (34.3000, -83.5833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Hall CountyF1 Hall County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5172600. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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