EF0 tornado — Culpeper County, Virginia

EF0 tornado in Culpeper County, Virginia

Tornado June 4, 2008 · Culpeper County, Virginia

EF0

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An NWS storm survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado touched down in eastern Culpeper County near Stevensburg. Maximum winds were estimated to be 95 mph. Mainly tree damage was observed. The tornado lifted near Lignum.

The wider storm

A stalled front resided across the Mid Atlantic during the afternoon and evening of June 4th, allowing moisture and instability to pool along the boundary. This combined with several strong upper level disturbances resulted in numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. Many of these thunderstorms became severe. While penny sized was reported in spots, damaging winds from the thunderstorms was widespread. EF-1 tornadoes were confirmed near Stevensville in Culpeper County, in Millwood in Clarke County and near Hartwood in Stafford County.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 104143. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Culpeper County, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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