EF2 tornado in Clarendon County, South Carolina

A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF2 tornado in Clarendon

County, SC in the city of Manning. The tornado had a path length of nearly 3 miles with

a maximum path width of 140 yards. The peak wind associated with the tornado was

115 mph.

The tornado touched down near the corner of W Huggins St and Brunson St. The

tornado pealed back a large portion of the roof of a building at that intersection,

destroyed a playset, and bent a metal basketball hoop post. The tornado tracked north-

northeast, crossing Paxville Hwy, then flipped a pickup truck in the parking lot of

Walmart, shifted two rooftop HVAC units approximately 15 feet at the Walmart, and

lifted and bent roof trusses of the structure. The tornado turned northeast and

knocked down numerous trees at the Kensington Pointe Apartments, and along

Manchester Dr and Michael Ct just northeast of the apartments. Minor roof damage was

also observed to several homes in this area, with mainly a loss of shingles.

The tornado then intensified as it approached and crossed Old Georgetown Rd,

producing the most significant damage in the vicinity of Bob White Dr and Gossett Ct.

Two newer construction homes suffered significant damage in this area and several

others had minor damage. The two homes with the most damage had garage

failure and one of them had complete uplift of the roof and all of the walls blown out in

the room over the garage. Two vehicles in the driveway and one in the garage were

shifted several feet. All of the windows in the front of the other house were blown out.

The tornado then moved across the Pocotaligo River and weakened before snapping a

few trees and overturning a trailer at a business near the intersection of Sumter Hwy

and June Burn Rd where the tornado eventually dissipated.

An upper level disturbance and the interaction of surface boundaries, along with increasing moisture, led to thunderstorms that developed and moved east across the region during the afternoon. Sufficient atmospheric instability and shear led some of the thunderstorms to produce damaging wind and tornadoes, along with locally heavy rain.