F2 tornado — Decatur County, Georgia

F2 tornado in Decatur County, Georgia

Tornado March 15, 2001 · Decatur County, Georgia

Rating

6.0 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Decatur County → Grady County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 touched down on Fewell Road in the Bell Dixon Community and tracked northeast into western Grady County. Debris was scattered over a wide area. Four persons were injured, one critically. Five homes sustained roof and window damage. Numerous trees and power lines down. One house was destroyed and eight others were severely damaged. A double-wide mobile home on Bell Dixon Road was lifted from its foundation and reduced to bits of debris in a neighboring field. Reported by the Decatur County EMA and Bainbridge Post Searchlight.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5238095. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F2 tornado in Decatur County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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