Georgia, 1998Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 1998
April 9, 1998 · NWS CHS · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 31
- Property damage
- $38 million
- 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.
Tornado, Long
- When
- April 9, 5:35 AM EST to 5:45 AM EST
- Where
- Long County, Donald to 4 mi ENE of Donald
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 24 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -81.780
Tornado touched down in the Rye Patch Community where 3 people died (all were in mobile homes).Ten mobile homes were destroyed and two others were damaged along with a roof blown off a block house. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off above the ground.
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- April 9, 5:45 AM EST to 6:05 AM EST
- Where
- Liberty County, Hinesville to 8 mi NE of Flemington
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $38 million
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -81.730
F2 tornado moved from Long County into Liberty County, which encompasses much of Fort Stewart Army Base. One soldier was killed while in an administrative building and seven others were injured. Seven buildings were destroyed while another fifty-five(55) suffered different degrees of damage.
Tornado, Bryan
- When
- April 9, 6:05 AM EST to 6:10 AM EST
- Where
- Bryan County, Richmond Hill to 6 mi W of Richmond Hill
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -81.380
Several trees uprooted or snapped off as F1 ended cycle of destruction from the parent thunderstorm that moved from Long County through Liberty to the western edge of Bryan.
- 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.
- Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 19982 deaths · 17 injured · $2.7 million · F3 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 9 to 17, 199814 injured · $531,000 · F1 · 32 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 9, 19981 death · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Rip Current in Alabama, April 9, 19981 death · 1 event
- Storm Surge in Ohio, April 9 to 10, 1998$3.7 million · 4 events
- Flooding in Michigan, April 9 to 10, 1998$515,000 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 9, 1998$156,000 · F0 · 17 events
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, April 9, 1998$50,000 · F1 · 6 events
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 1998$50,000 · 59 kt wind · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, April 9, 1998$50,000 · 3 events
- High Wind in Hawaii, April 9 to 11, 1998$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
- High Wind in Ohio, April 9, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
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: 5639380, 5638672, 5638673.