EF-1 Tornado Strikes! (Whitemarsh Island)

An interpretive sign on Whitemarsh Island recalls an EF-1 tornado that ripped across the island, uprooting trees and damaging homes near the Oatland Island Wildlife Center.

EF-1 Tornado Strikes! is a historical marker in Whitemarsh Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0523, -81.0206 near Whitemarsh Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is EF-1 Tornado Strikes! (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Delk Cabin, Coastal Georgia Barrier Islands, and Greenwich Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.