EF0 Tornado — Darlington, South Carolina

2024-09-27 · near Palmetto, Darlington, South Carolina

Event narrative

An EF0 tornado produced mostly minor tree damage along a path

from Locust Tree Ct near Red Breast Ct to Ponderosa Road near

Cicero Gibson Road. A few trees were snapped along the path,

along with numerous small tree limbs broken out.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Gulf Coast of FL in the Big Bend and weakened to a tropical storm before reaching central GA. The storm then turned northwest across the southern Appalachians before weakening to a tropical depression over eastern TN. Tropical Storm Warnings were issued for all of northeast SC. Limited impacts generally occurred across northeast SC.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (33.9542, -79.3400)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212293. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.