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EF1 tornado in Pickens County, South Carolina

Tornado May 6, 2022 · Pickens County, South Carolina

EF1
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

NWS storm survey found a brief tornado touched down on Hagood Mill Road, just south of E Preston McDaniel Rd where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado tracked northeast to Earnest Way, where several trees were uprooted and snapped, and the roofs of a couple of mobile homes were damaged. The tornado continued northeast, where extensive tree damage was noted on private property with dozens of trees snapped or uprooted. As the tornado continued across E Preston McDaniel Road, additional trees were downed and the roof structure over a porch collapsed at a church before the tornado lifted.

The wider storm

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal system throughout the afternoon and evening across upstate South Carolina. Several of the storms produced brief large hail and damaging winds, while an EF1 tornado developed in Pickens County.

Began near Crow Creek (34.9390, -82.7380).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1029581. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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