Tornado, Clinch
- When
- April 28, 4:15 AM EST to 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Clinch County, Argyle to 1 mi E of Argyle
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 31.070, -82.670
Tornado damaged 15 homes, destroyed 2.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 28, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $157,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:14 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- April 28, 4:50 AM EST
- Where
- Ware County, Waycross
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -82.350
Numerous large trees were blown down along RT 84.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- April 28, 4:50 AM EST
- Where
- Ware County, Waycross
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -82.350
Storage shed and destroyed, and numerous reports of large trees blown down.
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, April 28 to 29, 1997
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- High Wind in Alaska, April 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 28, 1997
More
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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: 5598556, 5598557, 5598558.