EF0 Tornado — Fairfield, South Carolina

2024-12-29 · near Rion, Fairfield, South Carolina

Event narrative

An EF-0 tornado with 80 mph peak winds began near Highway 269 and Mockingbird Ln where it snapped a few limbs. The tornado continued east crossing Bundrick Rd, snapping large limbs, uprooting a tree, and caused minor shingle damage to a home. The tornado crossed Greenbrier Mossydale Rd, High Hill Rd, and West Peach Rd, causing additional minor tree damage and some minor shingle damage to a couple of homes. It then shifted northeast, crossing Highway 321 where minor tree damage occurred before dissipating.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper trough and an associated surface prefrontal trough translated from the Deep South into the Southeast during the morning hours. A long-lived QLCS containing strong to severe storms propagated along with the prefrontal trough, likely cold-pool dominated. This QLCS produced multiple reports of wind damage as well as multiple confirmed tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1221824. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.