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F0 tornado in Madison County, Virginia

Tornado August 30, 2005 · Madison County, Virginia

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$10K

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

After a survey by National Weather Service meteorologists, evidence of a brief F0 tornado touchdown was found just east of Haywood near the intersection of Routes 609 and 602 in north-central Madison County. Damage was mainly to about a dozen trees, which were toppled or snapped. Some wires were also brought down.

Began near Haywood (38.4500, -78.2667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Fauquier County F1 Albemarle County F0 Fauquier County F0 Rappahannock County F0 Culpeper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5469177. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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