Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Bacon County, Georgia, October 26, 1997

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length6 mi

Width30 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.53, -82.43) to the end point (31.60, -82.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: October 26, 1997, 3:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Georgia
Counties: Bacon County
Path: 6 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on October 26, 1997

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Florida	1 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Florida	1 mi	123 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Florida	1.5 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Florida	1.5 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Alabama	2 mi	150 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Florida	0.3 mi	100 yd	1
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Georgia	1 mi	123 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	Georgia	1.5 mi	150 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F1	North Carolina	0.2 mi	50 yd	1
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Georgia	8 mi	23 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Florida	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Florida	1 mi	73 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Florida	1 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Georgia	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Georgia	1 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Georgia	8 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	North Carolina	0.2 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Florida	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 26, 1997	F0	Georgia	5 mi	10 yd	0

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