F0 tornado — Bibb County, Georgia

F0 tornado in Bibb County, Georgia

Tornado November 10, 2002 · Bibb County, Georgia

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$400K

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 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

A National Weather Service disaster survey team from the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, Georgia, along with Bibb county emergency management officials confirmed that a short-lived F0 tornado touched down in extreme northern Bibb county in the Cross Creek and Sleepy Creek subdivisions which straddle the Bibb-Monroe county line. The tornado was estimated to have a path length of 1/2 to 3/4 mile and a path width of 1/4 mile or less. Numerous trees, mostly pines, were either broken off or uprooted. Some of the trees landed on homes and some shingles were also peeled off by the wind. However, damage to homes was minor. Most of the damage occurred in the Wesleyan Road, Riverside Road, and Bass Road areas. A couple of roads were blocked by downed trees.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5322112. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Bibb County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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