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F2 tornado in Worth County, Georgia

Tornado March 20, 2003 · Worth County, Georgia

Rating

25.0 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

Deaths

200

Injuries

$6.8M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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

The F2 tornado traveled northeast from northeast Mitchell County into southwest Worth County. It damaged a few dozen homes and destroyed several others. Two persons were killed when their mobile home was destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were down. A state of emergency was declared for Worth County. Reported by the Worth County EMA and CAP/NWS aerial survey team.

Began near Bridgeboro (31.3667, -84.0333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5347028. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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