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F1 tornado in Clay County, Georgia

Tornado May 2, 2004 · Clay County, Georgia

Rating

8.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$550K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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 tornado touched down and destroyed three homes and damaged two others. It also toppled several trees and power lines. The tornado moved moved northeast into Randolph County. Reported by the Clay County EMA and WALB-TV Albany.

Began near Suttons Corner (31.6000, -84.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5398295. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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