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Baker County, GA
| Date | Time (LST) | F/EF-Scale | Length (Miles) | Maximum Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Source* |
| 4/23/1883 | 530 am | F4 | 25 | 400 | 8 | 50 | n/a | G |
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Moved ENE from NE Baker County, passing 8m S of Albany, to just east of Isabella. The eight deaths were on the three plantations near Hardaway Station. Both tenant homes and main homes were destroyed. The destruction of a large main plantation home was a rare occurrence. Three people died in the new plantation home of a retired sea-captain who had just moved from Massachusetts. |
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| 3/27/1885 | 345 pm | F2 | 10 | 200 | 0 | 2 | n/a | G |
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Five homes were unroofed or torn apart south of Newton. |
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| 5/1/1909 | 330 am | F3 | 30 | 300 | 6 | 25 | n/a | G |
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Moved ENE from 2m S of Milford, passing 5m S of Albany. Six people were killed as tenant homes were completely swept away on plantations S and SE of Albany. Damage was reported from at least 11 plantations. |
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| 4/4/1980 | 700 am | F1 | 0.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD |
| 10/26/1997 | 1245 pm | F0 | 0.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 | n/a | SD, SPC |
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F0 tornado reported in northwest Baker County. Several 12-24" diameter pines down along Georgia Highway 216 near Milford. |
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| 9/15/2004 | 607 pm | F1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | SD, SPC |
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Trees were uprooted and twisted. Power lines were knocked down. Reported by the Baker County EMA. |
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| 9/15/2004 | 627 pm | F1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | SD, SPC |
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Trees were uprooted and twisted. Power lines were knocked down. Minor structural damage occurred. Reported by the Baker County EMA. |
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| 3/1/2007 | 1144 pm | EF2 | 14.8 | 200 | 6 | 3 | $1,250,000 | SD, SPC |
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An EF2 tornado touched down in rural Baker County west of Newton, then traveled rapidly northeast, and caused extensive damage to a mobile home park a mile north of Newton. Six people died and three were injured when their mobile homes were demolished by the tornado. A church was destroyed on State Highway 37 a few miles west of Newton. GEMA and FEMA damage assessments determined ten minor damaged homes, nine major damaged homes, and 18 destroyed homes. The tornado crossed into northern Mitchell County north of Baconton. A state of emergency was declared by the Governor. |
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| *Sources |
G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes
1680-1991. A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental
Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT. |
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