EF1 tornado in Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Tornado May 29, 2012 · Orangeburg County, South Carolina

EF1

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

$2K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

NWS storm survey found a weak EF1 tornado touched down just southeast of Holly Hill taking out tops of trees, uprooting trees, and causing minor damage to a home. The tornado continued through a corn field leaving flattened swirls of corn in its wake.

The wider storm

Remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl produced an EF1 tornado in the Holly Hill area taking down trees, corn crops, and doing minor damage to a home.

Began near Holly Hill Arpt (33.3100, -80.3600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 373906. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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