Georgia, 1999

Tornado in Georgia, November 1, 1999

November 1, 1999 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
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.

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:50 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Echols

When
November 1, 8:50 PM EST
Where
Echols County, Tarver to 5 mi of Tarver
Rating
F0
Path length
5 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.630, -82.920

Tornado was weak, with most of the damage at tree top level. Tornado developed in Hamilton County, Florida.

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

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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: 5722510.