No one was hurt when a tornado ripped through northwest Fayette County Monday afternoon, but it left plenty of serious damage in its wake.

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The tornado’s force was estimated to be at F2, packing winds estimated at 150 miles an hour, said Lans Rothfusz of the National Weather Service in Peachtree City.

The tornado left a seven-mile-long path that was a quarter-mile wide, but it wasn’t continuously in contact with the ground, he said.

Early estimates totaled between $1-2 million, including several homes in the River Oaks subdivision off Ga. Highway 74 north. One of those high-priced homes took a direct hit from the tornado, said Capt. Pete Nelms of the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services. Fortunately, the homeowner was in the basement at the time, Nelms added.

Another sign of good fortune was that the tornado missed Landmark Mobile Home Park by about a quarter mile.

“That would have been catastrophic,” Nelms said.

The Fayette County Tax Assessor’s Office was preparing a more concrete damage estimate Tuesday afternoon and representatives of the State Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner’s Office were present also.