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F1 tornado in Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Tornado March 3, 1999 · Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

Injuries

$150K

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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

Initial damage, mainly to trees, began in the Fort Fisher area. The tornado then proceded north-northeast into the Chaparral Steel Construction site, where it destroyed 3 construction trailers/mobile homes and damaged 10 to 12 others. In addition, 2 vehicles were overturned, with several others damaged by debris. An empty grain bin was lifted off its foundation and tossed 100 feet into an adjacent pond, about one-quarter mile from the major trailer damage.

Began near Jack (37.1800, -77.4800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5692409. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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