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F0 tornado in Clarke County, Virginia

Tornado September 8, 2004 · Clarke County, Virginia

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$1K

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 weak tornado touched down briefly just north of Berryville and the intersection of Route 7 and U.S. Highway 340. A few trees were snapped off with a lot of shredded leaves on the ground. Maximum winds were around 65 mph.

Began near Berryville (38.5167, -77.3333).

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 Fauquier County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5426296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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