F0 tornado in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 weak tornado moved across eastern Spotsylvania County, Virginia on the 19th. Emergency personnel witnessed a tornado in the New Crest Area. Minor damage to trees and a few homes were reported.

Began near Massaponax (38.2000, -77.4833).

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 5425751. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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