F3 Tornado — Union and Spartanburg, South Carolina

1994-08-16 · near Santuck To, Union and Spartanburg, South Carolina

Event narrative

Tornado began near Santuc as a large multi-vortex F3 tornado. Spotters engaged the storm almost immediately and followed it as it curved north to northwest through the County. The storm had intermittent ground contact of about 30 to 40 percent but there was not a great deal of separation between areas of damage. The path width gradually diminished to about 50 yards from 0.75 mile initially, and the storm intensity gradually weakened to F2 and then to F1 at Pauline. The tornado crossed into Spartanburg County near Pacolet Mills at 1545EST. A well constructed home near Santuc was destroyed, a stationary vehicle was thrown aout 150 yds, and other homes and structures received severe damage along its path.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10346400. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.