Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- June 15, 6:49 PM EST to 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Bartow
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -82.470
Tornado in Georgia, June 15, 1996
A possible tornado touched down briefly on Baldee Road between Bartow and Louisville. It damaged a cattle barn and power poles.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A possible tornado touched down briefly on Baldee Road between Bartow and Louisville. It damaged a cattle barn and power poles. A tree was downed and there was debris over the road. The length and width are estimated.
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 15, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Hail in South Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1996Warnings in Georgia, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560037.