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F1 tornado in Murray County, Georgia

Tornado April 16, 1998 · Murray County, Georgia

F1
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
10
Injuries
$200K
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

An apparent tornado touched down briefly, hitting a mobile home park in the Temple Grove, Higdon Road, and Turvey-Nichols Road areas in Cisco. Seven mobile homes were destroyed, 2 received major damage and 6 minor damage. One home had major structural damage and 14 had minor damage. Roofs were blown off houses and trees were scattered like toothpicks. There were no serious injuries, but 6 people were taken to the medical center, where they were treated and released. The intensity, width, and length were estimated.

Began near Cisco (34.9500, -84.7300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Walker County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5639869. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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