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F2 tornado in Seminole County, Georgia

Tornado March 22, 2005 · Seminole County, Georgia

Rating

18.0 mi

Whole path

1,000 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$7.0M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,000 yards (0.57 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

A tornado touched down just south of U.S. Highway 84. It destroyed seven mobile homes and damaged 17 others. Many trees and power lines were down. A woman was killed when the tornado demolished her mobile home. Eight people suffered minor injuries. The storm survey was conducted by the NWS Tallahassee WCM and SOO.

Began near Donalsonville (31.0500, -84.9167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5439830. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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