F0 tornado in Albemarle County, Virginia
Tornado September 17, 2004 · Albemarle County, Virginia
F0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated
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 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
Brief touch down of a weak tornado recorded and reported by broadcast media.
Began near Earlysville (38.1667, -78.4833).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
21 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
F3 Fauquier CountyF2 Prince William CountyF2 Fairfax CountyF2 Loudoun CountyF2 Greene CountyF2 Madison CountyF2 Orange CountyF2 Frederick CountyF2 Fauquier CountyF2 Fauquier CountyF1 Loudoun CountyF1 Stafford CountyF1 Culpeper CountyF1 Culpeper CountyF1 Orange CountyF1 King George CountyF1 Frederick CountyF0 Warren CountyF0 Spotsylvania CountyF0 Fredericksburg (c) CountyF0 Spotsylvania County
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425416. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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