F0 tornado in Fredericksburg (c) County, Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Fredericksburg (c) County, Virginia

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 thunderstorm moved from Spotsylvania County into the eastern portion of the City of Fredericksburg.No property damage was reported, with debris scattered along Dixon Street.

Began near Fredericksburg (38.3000, -77.4667).

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 5425752. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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