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F1 tornado in Johnson County, Georgia

Tornado December 28, 2005 · Johnson County, Georgia

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 the tornado that first touched down in northeast Laurens county approximately seven miles northeast of Dublin continued across Georgia Highway 319 along the Laurens/Johnson county border and to near the town of Spann in extreme western Johnson county. Damage was confined mainly to trees, power lines, and a few outbuildings.

Began near Spann (33.0333, -83.6000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Laurens County F0 Pulaski County F0 Laurens County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5483087. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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