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F0 tornado in Lamar County, Georgia

Tornado January 2, 2006 · Lamar County, Georgia

F0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$2K
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 damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that a brief F0 tornado had touched down about three miles southwest of Chappel or six miles north-northeast of Barnesville and traveled on the ground eastward for an approximate distance of 300 yards or 0.2 mile. The tornado path width was 50 yards. A number of trees were snapped or toppled along the path, but no damage to structures was reported. This tornado was produced from the same supercell thunderstorm that had earlier spawned an F3 tornado in Pike county.

Began near Chappel (32.0667, -84.6167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Pike CountyF2 Fulton CountyF2 Fayette CountyF1 Henry CountyF1 Jones CountyF1 Johnson CountyF1 Emanuel County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5492404. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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