Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F0 tornado, Elbert County, Georgia, May 7, 1998

RatingF0

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.1 mi

Width30 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.17, -82.87) to the end point (34.17, -82.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 7, 1998, 4:24 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F0
States: Georgia
Counties: Elbert County
Path: 0.1 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 7, 1998

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 7, 1998	F4	North Carolina	4 mi	1,320 yd	0	2
May 7, 1998	F3	North Carolina	2 mi	30 yd	0	5
May 7, 1998	F3	South Carolina	5 mi	880 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F3	South Carolina	12 mi	880 yd	1	9
May 7, 1998	F2	North Carolina	3.7 mi	880 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F2	North Carolina	2 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F2	Georgia	1 mi	200 yd	0	8
May 7, 1998	F2	South Carolina	6 mi	440 yd	0	2
May 7, 1998	F2	Georgia	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	Alabama	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	Alabama	2 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	Tennessee	6 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	Tennessee, North Carolina	14 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	1.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	3 mi	1,320 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	3 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	10 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	2.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	South Carolina	10 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	0.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	1.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	Georgia	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	Virginia	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	2
May 7, 1998	F1	Georgia	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	1.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	South Carolina	1.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F1	North Carolina	2 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	Georgia	9 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	North Carolina	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	2
May 7, 1998	F0	South Carolina	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	North Carolina	5 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	South Carolina	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	North Carolina	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	South Carolina	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	North Carolina	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	North Carolina	6 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	South Carolina	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	Kansas	0.4 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	Ohio	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	South Carolina	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 7, 1998	F0	South Carolina	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0

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