Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Geneva County, Alabama, December 16, 2000

RatingF2

Deaths1

Injuries9

Length4.5 mi

Width100 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.02, -85.90) to the end point (31.07, -85.85), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 16, 2000, 10:34 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Alabama
Counties: Geneva County
Path: 4.5 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 9 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 16, 2000

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 16, 2000	F4	Alabama	18 mi	750 yd	11	144
Dec 16, 2000	F3	Alabama	12.8 mi	500 yd	0	14
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Alabama	29 mi	170 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Mississippi	12 mi	440 yd	0	17
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Alabama	4.8 mi	60 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Florida	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Alabama	8.5 mi	200 yd	0	2
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Georgia	6 mi	70 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Georgia	10 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F2	Georgia	2 mi	60 yd	0	8
Dec 16, 2000	F1	Alabama	5.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F1	Tennessee	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F1	Florida	5 mi	70 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	Florida	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	Alabama	0.7 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	Alabama	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	Alabama	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	Alabama	0.7 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	Alabama	1 mi	40 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	South Carolina	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	North Carolina	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	North Carolina	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 2000	F0	North Carolina	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0

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Tornado history nearby

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