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F1 tornado in Madison County, Georgia

Tornado September 16, 2004 · Madison County, Georgia

F1
Rating
7.0 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$1.3M
Damage as recorded
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 damage assessment conducted by the National Weather Service and the Madison County Emergency Management Director concluded that a 7-mile long path, 150-yard wide, F1 tornado with near 100 mph winds was spawned by the remnants of Tropical Storm Ivan causing major damage to several large homes in a country club, along with extensive damage to trees and power lines along its path. The tornado began just south of Georgia Highway 72, just east of Colbert, near the intersection of Walnut Grove Church Road and Kingston Road and continued moving north-northwest around 40 mph, terminating near the Madison County High School on Georgia Highway 98, just west of Danielsville. The most significant damage occurred along the southern part of the storm's path in the Kingston Road Subdivision/Country Club. Here, around five homes sustained major to extensive damage, while approximately another 20 homes sustained minor to moderate damage. In addition, widespread damage to trees and power lines was observed along the path of the tornado. Damage to the windward side of the roofs on several homes was consistent with a tornado circulation.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425059. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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