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EF0 tornado in Newberry County, South Carolina

Tornado May 9, 2024 · Newberry County, South Carolina

EF0
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph in Newberry County south of the town of Whitmire during the early morning hours of May 9th. The tornado began near the intersection of Old Airport Road and Kings Lane causing scattered tree damage as it moved east. The tornado then turned southeast resulting in additional tree damage in and around

Little Egypt Road and Colonial Drive. The tornado likely lifted before

reaching Highway 121.

The wider storm

A significant severe weather event featuring multiple rounds of thunderstorms occurred on May 9th, 2024. The first round, a QLCS, produced three tornadoes in the Midlands of South Carolina.

Began near Whitmire (34.4900, -81.6300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Fairfield CountyEF0 Fairfield County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1170057. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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