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F0 tornado in Morgan County, West Virginia

Tornado September 17, 2004 · Morgan County, West Virginia

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$25K

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 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 brief tornado touched down in the Sleepy Creek area of northeast Morgan County. Trees were downedand a tree fell on a residence. The storm was on the ground for one half mile. This tornado moved into Washington County, MD.

Began near Sleepy Creek (39.6667, -78.0833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Berkeley County F1 Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425930. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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