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F2 Tornado — Dodge, Georgia

1996-11-08 · near Chester, Dodge, Georgia

Direct deaths

Injuries

$200K

Property damage

4.0 mi

Path length

50 yds

Path width

Wider weather episode

A mixture of severe thunderstorm winds and tornado damage occurred in a track from near Chester in northern Dodge county into Laurens county. In Dodge county near the intersection of highways 257 and 126 down-burst/straight-line winds pushed over several very large oak and sycamore trees, blew the tin roof off of an older home, and blew the steeple off of a church. The roof was lifted from a stronger, well-built home about three-quarters of a mile from the Dodge/Laruens county line. A tornado touched down just inside Dodge county near the Dodge/Laurens county line destroying a double-wide mobile home. A seven year old girl was killed and six other family members were injured. Victims were found in a wooded area as far as 200 yards away from where the mobile home had stood. The home had not been tied down.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5573197. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.