Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Bartow County, Georgia, December 5, 1954

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length7.1 mi

Width500 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.08, -85.00) to the end point (34.12, -84.88), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 5, 1954, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Georgia
Counties: Bartow County
Path: 7.1 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 5, 1954

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 5, 1954	F3	Alabama, Georgia	51 mi	200 yd	0	7
Dec 5, 1954	F3	Alabama	24.7 mi	100 yd	0	26
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	6.4 mi	250 yd	0	2
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Alabama, Georgia	71.5 mi	100 yd	1	35
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	7.4 mi	150 yd	0	7
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	2.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	2.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	0.5 mi	50 yd	1	40
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Georgia	0.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Georgia	4.1 mi	80 yd	0	6
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Georgia	4.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Alabama	1.5 mi	83 yd	0	2

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.