Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Frederick County, Maryland, September 17, 2004

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length4 mi

Width150 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.32, -77.63) to the end point (39.50, -77.65), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: September 17, 2004, 4:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Maryland
Counties: Frederick County, Washington County
Path: 4 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on September 17, 2004

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Sep 17, 2004	F3	Virginia	9 mi	200 yd	2
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	8.8 mi	440 yd	4
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	3 mi	300 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	5 mi	100 yd	3
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	8 mi	400 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	8 mi	150 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	13 mi	200 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	5 mi	125 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	4 mi	250 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia	7 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Virginia, Maryland	15 mi	200 yd	1
Sep 17, 2004	F2	Maryland	3 mi	200 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F2	West Virginia	2 mi	100 yd	6
Sep 17, 2004	F1	North Carolina	15.3 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	1.9 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	3 mi	75 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	1.5 mi	60 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	1.5 mi	200 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	6 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	1 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	1.5 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	3 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	12 mi	200 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	0.5 mi	40 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	0.5 mi	75 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	9 mi	250 yd	2
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	3.5 mi	75 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	0.1 mi	75 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	1.5 mi	60 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	2 mi	150 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	7 mi	250 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Virginia	0.2 mi	40 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Maryland	7 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	2 mi	30 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	2.5 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	West Virginia	2 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	1.5 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	3.5 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	2.3 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	2 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	1 mi	75 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F1	Pennsylvania	4.5 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	North Carolina	0.9 mi	40 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	North Carolina	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	North Carolina	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.3 mi	25 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	2 mi	75 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.5 mi	150 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	1 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	1 mi	50 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Virginia	0.8 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	Maryland	3 mi	100 yd	0
Sep 17, 2004	F0	West Virginia, Maryland	1 mi	100 yd	0

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