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Tornado May 23, 2026 · Newberry County, South Carolina

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Not rated
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Spotter passed along video of a near stationary waterspout on Lake Murray, collocated with a strong thunderstorm. Video and radar data suggests weak but likely non-tornadic circulation with unknown wind speed and EF rating.

The wider storm

A lingering stalled front remained in the forecast area 5/23, but a embedded shortwave in the general troughing pattern moved in during the afternoon and evening hours, leading to scattered convection to develop. The environment ahead of this shortwave was characterized by MLCAPE values over 2000 J/kg and effective shear near 30-35 kts. Scattered strong to severe storms moved across the forecast area during the afternoon and evening hours, bringing damaging winds, hail up to golf ball sized, and even a report of a waterspout over Lake Murray in SC.

Began near Macedonia (34.0997, -81.4798).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1342994. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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