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F2 tornado in Horry County, South Carolina

Tornado November 7, 1995 · Horry County, South Carolina

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Estimated five tornado touchdowns ran a track in 10 minutes from near the Conway Raceway northeast along U.S. Highway 378 to Little River area on S.C. Highway 90. Major damage was done to 50 residental and five commercial buildings. Minor damage was done to 85 residental and 20 commercial. Hundreds of large trees were twisted and snapped.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10345486. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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