F1 tornado — Johnson County, Georgia

F1 tornado in Johnson County, Georgia

Tornado January 2, 2006 · Johnson County, Georgia

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

440 yd

Path width

$250K

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

A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service and the Johnson County Emergency Management Director concluded that an F1 tornado had touched down approximately five miles north of Kite near the intersection of U.S. Highway 221 and U.S. Highway 319 and traveled east-southeast to a point four miles east-northeast of Kite. The tornado than continued into Emanuel county. The damage path within Johnson county was approximately five miles long and 1/4 mile wide. Overall, the tornado traveled a 12 mile long path across Johnson and Emanuel counties. Near the tornado's touchdown point, siding was blown off the Gum Log Church. Then, six homes along the path of the tornado sustained damage from downed trees. In addition, a couple of silos were destroyed and several vehicles were damaged.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5492601. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F1 tornado in Johnson County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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