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F1 tornado in Laurens County, Georgia

Tornado December 28, 2005 · Laurens County, Georgia

F1
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$450K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

The Laurens County Emergency Management Director confirmed that an F1 tornado touched down in the Ben Hall Lake area, approximately seven miles northeast of Dublin, and continued on an east-northeastward track to near the town of Lovett in extreme northeast Laurens county, then into extreme western Johnson county, lifting near the town of Spann. The tornado path was determined to be approximately four miles long and 300 feet wide at its maximum. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 319 along the Laurens/Johnson county line. Along the damage path, in addition to trees and power lines, a mobile home was destroyed and a car was turned over.

Began near Dublin (32.7667, -83.3333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Johnson CountyF0 Pulaski CountyF0 Laurens County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5483086. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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