F0 tornado in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 short lived F0 tornado touched down 1/2 mile WNW of Straightstone, in a hay field. About a quarter mile path was found. No damage occurred.

Began near Straightstone (37.3333, -79.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Bedford County F2 Henry County F1 Campbell County F1 Campbell County F0 Franklin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5422242. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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