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F1 tornado in Calhoun County, Georgia

Tornado January 13, 2005 · Calhoun County, Georgia

Rating

3.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$255K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Early County → Calhoun 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

After crossing the Early-Calhoun County line, the tornado weakened slightly as it plowed through a pine forest. It blew several large trees across a railroad track before dissipating over an open field west of Arlington. The ground assessment was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter. The aerial assessment was conducted by the Georgia State Patrol.

Began near Arlington (31.4333, -84.7500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5436172. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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