Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Laurens County, Georgia, November 8, 1996
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length4 mi
Width50 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.43, -83.12) to the end point (32.47, -83.05), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- November 8, 1996, 5:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Georgia
- Counties
- Laurens County
- Path
- 4 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on November 8, 1996
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 1996 | F2 | Georgia | 4 mi | 50 yd | 1 | 6 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F2 | Pennsylvania | 2 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 15 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 3 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 1 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 2.5 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Maryland | 3.8 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 10 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F0 | Pennsylvania | 4 mi | 550 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F0 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F0 | New York | 1.2 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F0 | Florida | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 15 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.