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The first tornado of the outbreak was also the strongest - an F4 (see Fujita Scale ) tornado that left a 10-mile-long damage path through rural Culpeper and Fauquier Counties in Virginia . Weak (F1) tornadoes east of Warrenton , and just west of Dulles International Airport soon followed. A second Supercell to the southeast spawned the family of tornadoes that moved through Washington. A first tornado (F0) was confirmed in the Quantico and Prince William Forest Park areas; this was soon followed by an F1 tornado that left a 15-mile-long path parallel to I-95 and I-395 through Franconia , western Alexandria and Arlington . This tornado dissipated near the west end of the Mall in Washington, D.C., and was followed by many reports of funnel clouds. The same storm soon produced a violent, multiple-vortex F3 tornado in College Park, Maryland . This storm moved at peak intensity through the University Of Maryland, College Park campus, and then moved parallel to I-95 through the Laurel, Maryland area, where F3 damage was also noted. The damage path from this storm was measured at 17.5 miles in length, and this tornado caused 2 deaths and 55 injuries, along with $101 million in property damage. CONFIRMED TORNADOES SEE ALSO |
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