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EF1 Tornado — Colleton, South Carolina

2007-04-15 · near Ruffin, Colleton, South Carolina

Injuries

$200K

Property damage

2.0 mi

Path length

80 yds

Path width

Event narrative

This Tornado overturned 3 mobile homes and shifted another 7 mobile homes off there foundations. It tore the skirting away from another mobile home, destroyed a storage shed, and snapped off or uprooted dozens of trees. A couple of trees fell on a house. A vehicle and an outbuilding were also damaged. There were 9 minor injuries. Winds with this Tornado were estimated to be 100 mph using the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Wider weather episode

Phasing of jet streams allowed for a rapidly developing low pressure system. Large scale dynamics and instability allowed for several low topped supercells to develop primarily along and ahead of a cold front over portions of western counties of our area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 27996. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.