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Tornado (F2)Liberty, Georgia

April 9, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
7
Property damage
$38.0M
Tornado scale
F2
Area
Liberty

Event narrative (NOAA)

F2 tornado moved from Long County into Liberty County, which encompasses much of Fort Stewart Army Base. One soldier was killed while in an administrative building and seven others were injured. Seven buildings were destroyed while another fifty-five(55) suffered different degrees of damage.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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