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F1 tornado in Haralson County, Georgia

Tornado April 8, 1998 · Haralson County, Georgia

Rating

3.5 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

Sight survey by a NWS employee confirmed an F0-F1 tornado. One mobile home was destroyed and 36 other homes, 7 businesses and 2 churches were damaged. Several vehicles were damaged and many trees were downed. There were no reported injuries but 3 families had to move into temporary shelters.The damage path began just inside the Georgia border from Alabama and ended just west of Tallapoosa.

Began near Tallapoosa (33.7500, -85.3300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 De Kalb County 1 dead F2 Cobb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5639643. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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