What the record says
On 9 April 1998, a tornado touched down near Hinesville, Georgia. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 24.5 miles long and up to 400 yards wide, rated F2 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 4 people and injured 31.
- F2Fujita rating
- 4deaths
- 31injuries
- 24.5 mipath length
- 400 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people.
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 31.83, -81.78 and the end point at 31.93, -81.32 (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 1998
- Birmingham, Alabama tornado8 April 1998, F5, 32 deaths, 259 injuries, 30.3 miles long
- Orlando, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 25 deaths, 150 injuries, 28 miles long
- Sanford, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 13 deaths, 36 injuries, 16 miles long
- Gainesville, Georgia tornado20 March 1998, F3, 12 deaths, 171 injuries, 4 miles long
- Farmer, South Dakota tornado30 May 1998, F4, 6 deaths, 150 injuries, 14 miles long
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