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EF0 tornado in Loudoun County, Virginia

Tornado June 4, 2008 · Loudoun County, Virginia

EF0
Rating
5.4 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 team concluded a tornado caused a 12 mile-long concentrated path of tree damage. Evidence of initial tornado damage was found in northern Fauquier County about 2 miles northeast of Rectortown along Route 715, Old Carters Mill Road just west of Atoika Road. From this point eastward, a fairly consistent path of damage was found, which included numerous uprooted and snapped off large trees. The tornado narrowly missed the town of Middleburg, passing just south of the town along Sullivans Mill Road. The tornado was at its widest point at Sullivans Mill Road and Route 626, Halfway Road, where numerous trees were damaged. The tornado then crossed into south central Loudoun County. As the tornado approached the town of Aldie, the damage path narrowed and became more scattered in coverage. There was still a good deal of damage along US Route 50 in Aldie. After passing east of Aldie near Tail Race Road, Route 621, near its intersection with US Route 50, the tornado damage path disappeared.

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.

Began near Sunny Bank (38.9700, -77.7200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 110575. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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