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F1 tornado in Culpeper County, Virginia

Tornado September 8, 2004 · Culpeper County, Virginia

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 briefly touched down in Elkwood. The tornado caused damage to the Willow Run Growers Greenhouse Complex. A 20 foot square building with a sturdy metal roof was completely destroyed. Two cars in a parking lot were moved and a pickup truck was tipped over. Estimated winds were 75 to 90 mph.

Began near Elkwood (38.5200, -77.7667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 King George County F1 Fauquier County F0 Stafford County F0 Stafford County F0 Orange County F0 Fauquier County F0 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425203. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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