F1 tornado — Jones County, Georgia

F1 tornado in Jones County, Georgia

Tornado January 2, 2006 · Jones County, Georgia

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$150K

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

A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that an F1 tornado had touched down near the town of Wayside and roughly paralleled Georgia Highway 11 from there to the town of Bradley. The tornado had a path length of three miles with a path width of 300 yards at its maximum point. Four buildings, including a barn and machine shop, were destroyed and a double wide mobile home sustained considerable damage. At least six other mobile homes were severely damaged along the path of the tornado, two of which were on Wheeler Road near Bradley. A number of trees were uprooted and snapped off along the path as well. A large pine tree fell across and destroyed two vehicles on Wheeler Road.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5492520. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Jones County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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