Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Jefferson County, West Virginia, November 16, 1989

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries3

Length9 mi

Width50 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.25, -77.78) to the end point (39.33, -77.80), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: November 16, 1989, 3:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: West Virginia
Counties: Jefferson County
Path: 9 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on November 16, 1989

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Nov 16, 1989	F1	Maryland	4 mi	440 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F1	Delaware	1 mi	17 yd	0	1
Nov 16, 1989	F1	Pennsylvania	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	3
Nov 16, 1989	F1	Pennsylvania, New Jersey	5 mi	800 yd	0	1
Nov 16, 1989	F1	New York	1.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F1	New York	9.1 mi	100 yd	9	18
Nov 16, 1989	F1	New Jersey	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F1	New York	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	1
Nov 16, 1989	F0	Virginia	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	Pennsylvania	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New York	1.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New Jersey	1 mi	50 yd	0	1
Nov 16, 1989	F0	Pennsylvania	5.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New York	0.5 mi	13 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New Jersey	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New Jersey	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New Jersey	0.5 mi	13 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New Jersey	1 mi	13 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New York	1.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New York	0.1 mi	23 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1989	F0	New York	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.