What the record says
On 13 February 2000, a tornado touched down near Meigs, Georgia. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 15 miles long and up to 300 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 7 people and injured 15.
- F3Fujita rating
- 7deaths
- 15injuries
- 15 mipath length
- 300 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 31.02, -84.20 and the end point at 31.07, -84.02 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Georgia
- Lakeview, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 25 deaths, 33.7 miles long
- Auburn, Alabama tornado3 March 2019, EF4, 23 deaths, 90 injuries, 68 miles long
- Pinson, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF4, 22 deaths, 85 injuries, 97.3 miles long
- Cleveland, Tennessee tornado27 April 2011, EF4, 20 deaths, 335 injuries, 48 miles long
- Warner Robins, Georgia tornado30 April 1953, F4, 18 deaths, 300 injuries, 1 mile long
- East Ridge, Tennessee tornado27 April 2011, EF4, 14 deaths, 50 injuries, 47 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2000
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado16 December 2000, F4, 11 deaths, 144 injuries, 18 miles long
- Camilla, Georgia tornado13 February 2000, F3, 11 deaths, 175 injuries, 9.2 miles long
- Whitney, Texas tornado12 May 2000, F3, 2 deaths, 7 miles long
- Fort Worth, Texas tornado28 March 2000, F3, 2 deaths, 80 injuries, 4 miles long
- Montevideo, Minnesota tornado25 July 2000, F4, 1 death, 15 injuries, 9 miles long
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