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F2 tornado in Lincoln County, Georgia

Tornado May 7, 1998 · Lincoln County, Georgia

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$300K

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 F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

An F2 tornado hit the Pine Woods subdivision destryoing 12 homes and causing major damage to 15 homes and minor damage to 8 homes.

Began near Lincolnton (33.7700, -82.4700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Lincoln County F1 Lincoln County F1 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5639352. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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