| List of reported tornadoes –Sunday,March 27,1994 |
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| F# | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage |
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| Texas |
| F0 | NW of Mineral Wells [8] | Palo Pinto | 0705 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | Brief touchdown reported by storm chasers with no damage. [8] |
| Alabama |
| F4 | SSW of Ragland to NE of Rock Run | St. Clair,Calhoun,Cherokee | 1655 | 50 miles (80 km) | 22 deaths —See section on this tornado |
| F2 | S of Guntersville [8] | Marshall | 1702 | 6 miles (9.7 km) | A tornado damaged 103 homes just south of Guntersville and later passed near Lake Guntersville State Park. It also partially destroyed the roof of a nursing home. [1] 30 people were injured. [8] |
| F3 | Rainsville/Sylvania to Henagar [8] | DeKalb | 1732 | 23 miles (37 km) | This tornado was initially rated F4 in Storm Data but then downgraded in a reassessment. [1] [8] It destroyed 16 homes,13 mobile homes,two businesses,and 12 poultry houses. 20 people were injured. [8] |
| F0 | SW of Nectar [8] | Blount | 1757 | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) | Weak tornado damaged six homes,blew down electrical lines and trees,and destroyed three greenhouses. [8] |
| F1 | NE of Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa | 2202 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | This tornado developed from reforming afternoon storms and hit unpopulated area near Lake Tuscaloosa,downing transmission towers. [8] |
| F2 | Helena to Pelham/Indian Springs [8] | Shelby | 2331 | 12 miles (19 km) | This tornado extensively damaged businesses and mobile homes and caused minor damage to a school in Pelham. It dissipated just west of Meadowbrook. [8] Rating disputed,ranked F3 by Grazulis. [9] |
| Georgia |
| F4 | SE of Rome to ESE of Jasper [10] | Floyd,Bartow,Cherokee,Pickens | 1714 | 50 miles (80 km) | 3 deaths — See section on this tornado |
| F0 | N of Lafayette [10] | Walker | 1755 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | Weak tornado damaged some roofs and snapped trees along a discontinuous path. [10] |
| F0 | S of Lafayette | Walker | 1755 | 1 mile (1.6 km) | Second tornado in the Lafayette area downed trees in uninhabited areas. [10] |
| F1 | Lookout Mountain [10] | Walker | 1815 | 1 mile (1.6 km) | Tornado "destroyed five single story mixed brick and wood homes" but only briefly touched down. [10] |
| F3 | NW of Dahlonega to NNE of Clarkesville [10] | Dawson,Lumpkin,White,Habersham | 1817 | 45 miles (72 km) | 3 deaths –A long-tracked tornado descended to the ground about 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Dawsonville at 2:17 p.m. EST. The tornado initially downed power lines and trees as it produced F0 damage in rural locations,but grew in size and intensity as it entered Lumpkin County. Widening to 0.25 miles (0.40 km) wide,the tornado caused widespread F2 damage to hilly terrain as it snapped 60-to-80-foot (18 to 24 m) tall pine trees. Upon reaching an area near Gordon Seabolt Road,about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west-northwest of Dahlonega,an elderly man was killed by flying debris. [10] Soon the tornado passed just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Dahlonega and later killed another elderly man in a mobile home 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Dahlonega. In this area,the tornado destroyed many "brick and wood" homes. [1] Thereafter,the tornado crossed the northwest slope of Yonah Mountain and then attained its peak intensity,F3 on the Fujita scale,as it broadened to 1.25 miles (2.01 km) wide and caused severe damage to homes about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Cleveland. There,it "completely leveled" 10 homes and badly damaged 25–30 others. [10] The tornado then weakened to F2 strength and continued on to kill a person in a mobile home 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Clarkesville. It maintained intensity through rugged terrain until it lifted 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Clarkesville at 3:02 p.m. EST. [10] Along its path,the tornado caused over $17 million in property damage,killed three people and more than 500,000 chickens,and snapped "hundreds of thousands" of trees. [1] [10] |
| F0 | W of Rome | Floyd | 1830 | 3 miles (4.8 km) | Tornado hit just north of Coosa and felled many trees along its brief path. [10] |
| F3 | S of Adairsville to NE of Jasper [10] | Bartow,Gordon,Cherokee,Pickens | 1901 | 40 miles (64 km) | 9 deaths –The second-deadliest tornado in the entire outbreak—and the deadliest of the outbreak in Georgia—touched down about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Adairsville in Bartow County at 3:01 p.m. EST. Proceeding to the northeast,the tornado quickly strengthened to F2 intensity as it severely damaged five to seven homes and snapped trees in half. Tornado winds blew trees onto a truck,killing its occupant inside. [10] Next,the tornado increased to F3 strength and widened to .75 miles (1.21 km) as it passed through Pleasant Valley. There,the tornado threw a 4,000-pound (1.8 t) pickup truck for 300 yards (0.17 mi) and destroyed or heavily damaged 25–30 homes of brick or wood construction. [10] The tornado was reported to be so large and fast-moving that,like the 1925 Tri-State tornado, [11] [12] it was a "rotating fog bank" [1] indistinguishable from the cloud base as it passed through Pleasant Valley. Afterward,the tornado retained F3 strength as it passed 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Funkhouser and heavily damaged three to five homes of brick or wood construction. It went on to destroy or damage four homes near the intersections of Bartow,Gordon,and Pickens Counties. Entering Pickens County,the tornado grew to 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide,snapping most trees at their base,and killed six people in a trailer that was thrown 100 to 250 yards (300 to 750 ft). [10] [13] It then killed two more people as it destroyed a single-story residence and a mobile home before lifting 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Jasper. It caused a total of $12,250,000 in damage and killed a total of nine people along its path. [10] At one point,according to engineer Timothy P. Marshall,the tornado moved at 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and downed 1,000 trees each second. [1] A second,weaker,F2 tornado overlapped part of the path of this tornado and hit Pleasant Valley just 30 minutes after this F3 tornado left. |
| F3 | NW of Dahlonega to NE of Cleveland [10] | Lumpkin,White | 1923 | 22 miles (35 km) | 3 deaths –The second of two F3 tornadoes to hit near Dahlonega touched down 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of that town at 3:23 p.m. EST. Only a minute later,it intensified to F2 intensity and instantly killed two people in a mobile home that disintegrated. [10] The tornado continued to intensify to F3 intensity as it caused a third and final death in a mobile home while snapping many large pines in rural areas north and northeast of Dahlonega. Then it fluctuated in intensity to F1 strength before passing 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cleveland,causing significant damage to four businesses and ten homes. [10] Soon after,it re-intensified into an F3 tornado as it passed just .25 miles (0.40 km) south of the earlier F3 tornado while badly damaging 20 homes and destroying 15 in a rural subdivision. It then lifted after striking the subdivision and causing $3.5 million in total damages. Overall the tornado killed three people. [10] |
| F2 | ESE of Adairsville [10] | Bartow | 1935 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | This tornado hit the same area that was damaged by the previous event and went through Pleasant Valley,but while only at F2 intensity. It destroyed or badly damaged five to seven homes in Pleasant Valley. [9] [10] |
| F0 | NW of Dawsonville [10] | Dawson | 1942 | 4 miles (6.4 km) | Tornado uprooted several large trees. [10] |
| F3 | Tallulah Falls to Walhalla,South Carolina [14] | Habersham,Rabun,Oconee (SC) | 2004 | 30 miles (48 km) | This tornado badly damaged five buildings at Tallulah Falls before descending a 500-foot (152 m) cliff. [9] [10] It destroyed about 60 homes in Oconee County,South Carolina,with $5.5 million in damage there. [14] It was part of the Piedmont,Alabama,tornado family as items from that town,more than 140 mi (225 km) to the southwest,were found at Tallulah Falls. [10] The tornado was F2 at Tallulah Falls [10] and F3 in South Carolina. [9] [14] |
| F3 | NW of Cedartown to SE of Rome [10] | Floyd | 2301 | 20 miles (32 km) | See section on this tornado |
| F1 | SE of Cave Spring to S of Rome [10] | Floyd | 2304 | 10 miles (16 km) | Badly damaged roofs of frail wood homes and either uprooted or broke pine trees in half. [10] |
| F1 | WNW of Bremen [10] | Haralson | 0035 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | Moderately damaged roofs and badly damaged a mobile home along with a chicken coop while uprooting or snapping trees. [10] |
| F0 | NW of Marietta [10] | Cobb | 0110 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | Produced minimal roof damage to three homes and downed trees. Dissipated near Lake Allatoona in suburban Atlanta. [10] |
| South Carolina |
| F2 | NE of Inman to SE of Chesnee [14] to High Shoals,North Carolina,area [15] | Spartanburg,Cherokee,Cleveland (NC),Gaston (NC) | 2055 | 45 miles (72 km) | This long-tracked tornado destroyed two mobile homes,badly damaged another home,and ripped apart three transmission towers—all indicative of F2 damage—before crossing into North Carolina. [14] Upon entering North Carolina,the tornado downed three high-voltage transmission towers about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Shelby. Just 300 yd (900 ft) to the northeast of the transmission towers,the tornado destroyed a home along with a large barn house,plus three additional transmission towers,four mobile homes,two vehicles,and a cinder-block structure nearby. [15] Nearing Boiling Springs,the still-F2 tornado struck Gardner–Webb University and damaged several vehicles that were parked on campus. Just afterward,it hit downtown Boiling Springs,destroying an apartment duplex,a flower shop,and a car-wash station. [15] After leaving Boiling Springs,the tornado weakened to F1 intensity and leveled a greenhouse north of North Carolina Highway 150. It also blew down many trees before entering Shelby,damaging a church steeple and a billboard in town. [15] Thence it intensified somewhat and badly damaged homes,trees,and power lines before passing 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cherryville. As it passed near Cherryville,the F1 tornado caused a porch roof to collapse east of North Carolina Highway 274. It also broke trees and blew a roof off a barn. [15] Farther along,the tornado also badly damaged three mobile homes. After crossing North Carolina Highway 279,the tornado finally dissipated as it approached the town of High Shoals in Gaston County. [15] |
| F1 | Spartanburg to Blacksburg [14] | Spartanburg,Cherokee | 2130 | 35 miles (56 km) | Tornado injured four people by falling trees and partially damaged roofs. Threw large tree branches onto homes and badly damaged a power substation. Numerous trees and power lines downed. [14] |
| F1 | S of Landrum to NW of Chesnee [14] | Greenville,Spartanburg | 2140 | 19 miles (31 km) | Tornado caused minimal F1 damage to roofs,outbuildings,trees,and power lines. Formed from the same supercell that produced the Tallulah Falls–Walhalla tornado. [14] |
| F3 | NE of Clover [14] to Lake Wylie to Charlotte,North Carolina | York,Gaston (NC),Mecklenburg (NC) | 2327 | 18 miles (29 km) | This tornado produced F1 damage in South Carolina,destroying a mobile home and an outbuilding;it also damaged many other mobile homes and outbuildings in Lake Wylie. [9] [14] After crossing into North Carolina,it destroyed a brick home and three mobile homes before striking the Catawba River. Next,the tornado struck Charlotte Douglas International Airport,where an Air National Guard building lost its roof. [9] Many vehicles and a DC-9 aircraft sustained damage as well. Two people were injured. The tornado then struck apartments and homes,several of which lost three-story walls and had roof damage. [9] Nearby,the tornado ripped steel poles at a restaurant from their concrete foundations,downed large trees,and caused significant damage to an elementary school before lifting just north of downtown Charlotte. At least two,and possibly nine,people were injured along the path. [9] |
| F0 | Tigerville | Greenville | 0450 | 0.5 miles (0.80 km) | Weak tornado displaced a garage roof,threw a boat,downed a large oak,and caused other negligible damage near the North Greenville University campus. [14] |
| North Carolina |
| F0 | NE of Liberty | Alamance | 0040 | 0.5 miles (0.80 km) | Brief touchdown in sparsely populated area. |
| F0 | Asheboro | Randolph | 0100 | 0.5 miles (0.80 km) | Brief touchdown at the southeastern edge of Asheboro,with little damage. |
| Sources:Tornado History Project Data for March 27,1994,SPC Storm Data |
