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F1 tornado in Campbell County, Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Campbell County, Virginia

F1
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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 on the east edge of Long Mountain just before crossing County Road 660. Fairly large trees were snapped off or uprooted, but only minor damage occurred to sheds. The tornado proceeded to cross County Road 757, when the damage path became narrower. An aluminum roof of a medium sized shed was torn off and blown about 200 yards. A trampoline was blown up across the roof of a two story house and dropped about 200 yards away. From that point the tornado tracked NNE and produced tree damage, before lifting as it crossed U.S. Highway 460. A 77 year old man succumbed to a heart attack while cleaning his yard of debris after the storm.

Began near Concord (37.3300, -79.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Bedford CountyF2 Henry CountyF1 Campbell CountyF0 Franklin CountyF0 Pittsylvania County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5422239. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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