What the record says
On 24 September 2001, a tornado touched down near Culpeper, Virginia. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 10 miles long and up to 75 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It injured 2 people.
- F4Fujita rating
- 0deaths
- 2injuries
- 10 mipath length
- 75 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 38.57, -77.98 and the end point at 38.72, -77.83 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Virginia
- Charlottesville, Virginia tornado30 September 1959, F3, 11 deaths, 4 injuries, 0.8 miles long
- Petersburg, Virginia tornado6 August 1993, F4, 4 deaths, 246 injuries, 1 mile long
- Abingdon, Virginia tornado27 April 2011, EF3, 3 deaths, 50 injuries, 19.6 miles long
- Waverly, Virginia tornado24 February 2016, EF1, 3 deaths, 8 injuries, 8.9 miles long
- Williamsburg, Virginia tornado16 April 2011, EF3, 2 deaths, 24 injuries, 26.5 miles long
- Ashland, Virginia tornado1 April 1998, F3, 2 deaths, 5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2001
- Bruce, Mississippi tornado24 February 2001, F3, 6 deaths, 73 injuries, 52 miles long
- Bastrop, Louisiana tornado24 November 2001, F3, 3 deaths, 11 injuries, 30 miles long
- Lyon, Mississippi tornado24 November 2001, F2, 3 deaths, 33 injuries, 43.5 miles long
- Madison, Mississippi tornado24 November 2001, F4, 2 deaths, 21 injuries, 11.5 miles long
- Millport, Alabama tornado24 November 2001, F3, 2 deaths, 1 injury, 38.9 miles long
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