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F0 tornado in Fauquier County, Virginia

Tornado September 8, 2004 · Fauquier County, Virginia

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 tornado touched down briefly in a rural area 2 miles north of Delaplane. Several trees were topped or uprooted. The storm produced intermittent damage as it tracked northeast toward Route 17. Maximum winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph.

Began near Delaplane (38.0333, -78.5000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Culpeper County F1 King George County F1 Fauquier County F0 Stafford County F0 Stafford County F0 Orange County F0 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5426295. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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