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F1 tornado in Charles City and New Kent County, Virginia

Tornado August 6, 1993 · Charles City and New Kent County, Virginia

Rating

6.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down in the northwest part of Charles City County, 2 miles south southeast of Roxbury and moved northeast, crossing into the south central part of New Kent County about 1 mile north of Providence Forge. Numerous trees were uprooted or broken in both counties and in Charles City county several mobile homes were destroyed. Damages were estimated at $115,000.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10356828. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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