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F2 tornado in Screven County, Georgia

Tornado September 3, 1998 · Screven County, Georgia

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

Injuries

$435K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Numerous trees snapped off or uprooted. The most extensive damage was approximately 3 miles north of Sylvania. In this area, there were 5 mobile homes destroyed, 1 business destroyed, 15 mobile homes with major damage and 5 mobile homes with minor damage.

Began near Sylvania (32.7500, -81.6500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5664049. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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