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F0 tornado in Henry County, Georgia

Tornado April 3, 1998 · Henry County, Georgia

Rating

6.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Injury

$500K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Spalding County → Henry County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

The tornado in Spalding county continued into Henry county, but apparently weakened. Sight survey by NWS employees showed numerous trees were downed. Some were pointing toward the west while others were toward the south indicating rotation of the storm. Eight mobile homes in the Indian Creek mobile home park were damaged, mainly from falling trees. The tornado seemed to skirt the southern edge of the mobile home park before lifting. Only one minor injury was reported.

Began near Locust Grove (33.3500, -84.1500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5639381. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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