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F0 tornado in Haralson County, Georgia

Tornado August 29, 2005 · Haralson County, Georgia

F0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$5K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 concluded that an F0 tornado touched down approximately one mile southeast of Felton in extreme northern Haralson county and ended at the Polk county line about one mile north of Felton. The damage path was approximately one mile long and 75 yards wide. Damage with this tornado was confined mostly to trees, although one barn was destroyed along the path. This tornado developed from the same storm cell which earlier spawned the F2 tornado in northern Heard and southern Carroll counties.

Began near Felton (33.9667, -84.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Carroll County 1 deadF2 Peach CountyF2 White CountyF1 Polk CountyF1 Taylor CountyF1 Spalding CountyF0 Oconee CountyF0 Lumpkin CountyF0 Fannin CountyF0 Forsyth CountyF0 Walton CountyF0 Jackson CountyF0 White County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5475787. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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