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F0 tornado in Stafford County, Virginia

Tornado September 8, 2004 · Stafford County, Virginia

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 tornado touched down in north Stafford County near Boswells Corner (near the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and Telegraph Road). Initially the storm produced minor damage to trees, and siding and shingles were torn from a few homes. Minutes later the storm produced extensive tree damage to the Crystal Lakes neighborhood. This tornado later crossed into Prince William County.

Began near Garrisonville (38.4500, -77.9667).

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 5425206. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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