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F1 tornado in Stafford County, Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Stafford County, Virginia

Rating

6.0 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 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 touched down in central Stafford County near Stones Corner. The storm tracked north northeast and lifted near Stafford. The damage was mostly limited to mature trees and large limbs.The tornado had a 6 mile intermittent track, and the storm continued on into Prince William County Virginia.

Began near White Oak (38.3333, -77.3667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425419. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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