F1 tornado in Jefferson County, West Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Jefferson County, West Virginia

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$250K

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

An F1 tornado touched down in western Jefferson County. The tornado produced intermittent damage on a 2 mile stretch. Home owners reported moderate roof and siding damage and several large, healthy trees felled.

Began near Middleway (39.3000, -77.9833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Berkeley County F0 Morgan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425929. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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