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F0 tornado in Culpeper County, Virginia

Tornado August 30, 2005 · Culpeper County, Virginia

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$5K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

The National Weather Service surveyed wind damage in western Culpeper county just west of Eggbornsville. Mainly scattered F0 tree damage, a few topped and blown over small trees, was found on Routes 628 and 646, west of Eggbornsville. The tornado lifted after it crossed the Hazel River and before where it would have crossed Route 729. This tornado has been rated an F0 on the Fujita Scale. Of note, the storm that produced this tornado likely produced the F0 tornado further north in Rappahannock county about the same time.

Began near Rixeyville (38.5800, -78.0333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Fauquier CountyF1 Albemarle CountyF0 Madison CountyF0 Fauquier CountyF0 Rappahannock County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5469226. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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