F1 Tornado — Sumter, Georgia
1998-09-29 · near Desoto, Sumter, Georgia
12
Injuries
$200K
Property damage
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yds
Path width
Event narrative
Low topped convection caused an apparent tornado in the Railroad Street area of DeSoto. Newspaper reports and sight survey by an NWS employee indicated at least 1 permanent structure home and 7 mobile homes were destroyed. Other homes were damaged by some of the hundreds of trees that fell. Several businesses were also damaged.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5664634. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.