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EF0 tornado in Darlington County, South Carolina

Tornado June 16, 2022 · Darlington County, South Carolina

EF0
Rating
3.7 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado formed in a wooded area west of Lawson Grove Rd, then caused tree damage as it crossed Lawson Grove Rd. The tornado continued toward the southeast and flipped a large agricultural irrigation system in a corn field along Joja Rd. Next, the tornado crossed Philadelphia St. and caused damage to trees before causing minor flashing and roof shingle damage at the Philadelphia Methodist Church. It also destroyed an outdoor storage building and knocked down a few granite headstones in the adjacent graveyard. The tornado continued toward the southeast across fields and a forest south of Philadelphia St. Finally, the tornado weakened as it moved across S Center Rd where it ripped a metal roof off a single wide mobile home and caused minor roof damage to a home on the east side of S Center Rd as it lifted.

The wider storm

Clusters of severe thunderstorms resulted in several areas with wind damage and an isolated tornado across portions of the Pee Dee region.

Began near Syracuse (34.2400, -80.0200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1029179. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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