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F0 tornado in Stafford County, Virginia

Tornado September 8, 2004 · Stafford County, Virginia

Rating

5.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$10K

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 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

The thunderstorm which produced the tornado near Sealston in King George County, continued into east Stafford County. A brief touch down occurred near Belle Plain (almost 4 miles NE of White Oak). Minor tree damage was noted and later the same tornado cycled and another brief touch down occurred near Aquia Bay Marina at the end of Aquia Creek Road (about 5 miles S of Aquia). Minor tree damage was noted there and 3 boats in dry dock were displaced.

Began near White Oak (38.9500, -77.9167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425205. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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