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F0 tornado in Oconee County, Georgia

Tornado August 29, 2005 · Oconee County, Georgia

F0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$10K
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

The Oconee County Emergency Management Director concluded that an F0 tornado touched down about six miles southwest of Bogart on Ridgeway Road, just west of Lane Creek Road. This is also just south of Georgia Highway 53. The tornado damage path was only 0.1 mile long and 25 yards wide. Ten large trees were blown down in different directions and scattered about. A portion of a roof of a home was also blown off and the back deck railings were removed from the foundation and scattered about the yard.

Began near Bogart (33.3667, -84.1167).

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 Haralson CountyF0 Lumpkin CountyF0 Fannin CountyF0 Forsyth CountyF0 Walton CountyF0 Jackson CountyF0 White County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5475878. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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