EF1 Tornado — Lexington, South Carolina

2025-06-09 · near Ella, Lexington, South Carolina

Event narrative

A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed an EF-

1 tornado south of Chapin in Lexington County. The tornado began

on a peninsula of Lake Murray along Caro Lane, causing a swath of

snapped large limbs and substantial tree debris. Continuing

northeast, the tornado produced minor tree damage as it crossed

Amicks Ferry Road. Further east, substantial tree damage was found

on Lake Tide Drive with several dozen uprooted or snapped trees.

Additional tree damage was found across Sandbar Road and Lazy Creek

Court on the adjacent peninsulas. Numerous snapped limbs and debris

were found around Crooked Creek Park and Old Lexington Highway and

additional EF-1 damage behind Northshore Drive. The tornado crossed

Highway 76 causing a mix of EF-0 and EF-1 tree damage along Crooked

Creek Road and minor housing damage along Hollyoak Lane. The tornado

then lifted northeast of Hollyoak Lane.

Wider weather episode

The same slow moving long wave trough caused severe weather on preceding days helped trigger and organize another broken line of severe convection in the Midlands of SC on June 9th. Sufficient low level shear and strong instability helped produce two tornadoes along with a swath of scattered damaging winds into the central Midlands.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1257750. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.