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F0 tornado in Meriwether County, Georgia

Tornado July 6, 2005 · Meriwether County, Georgia

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 National Weather Service damage survey team confirmed that a weak F0 tornado briefly touched down one mile south of Rocky Mount in northern Meriwether county. The tornado had a path length of one-quarter mile and a path width of 100 yards. The tornado blew down a number of trees in the area, causing damage to two homes and one vehicle. Several outbuildings were also damaged by the tornado.

Began near Rocky Mt (33.4833, -84.1000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Henry County F1 Clayton County F1 Henry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5468263. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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