F2 tornado in Allendale County, South Carolina

Tornado September 22, 2000 · Allendale County, South Carolina

Rating

4.8 mi

Whole path

750 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$290K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Allendale County → Barnwell County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 750 yards (0.43 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fatality occurred in a camper that was one of 10 other campers at a hunt club. The camper was the second one in the line and it appeared to have disintegrated. One of the other campers was turned on its side while the others remained upright, for the most part. Also, there were three mobile homes destroyed, major damage to two mobile homes, minor damage to six mobile homes and major damage to a frame home along with numerous trees down or snapped 10 to 15 feet above the ground. This tornado continued into Barnwell County in WFO Columbia's CWA.

The wider storm

The two tornadoes that occurred in Allendale County were associated with the remnants of T.S. Helene as it moved across Georgia and South Carolina. Heavy rain developed across Berkeley County during the early morning hours of 9/22/00 and caused flooding over the northern half of the county, especially in and around Moncks Corner. The 42 year-old female was killed when she hit a puddle of water and hydroplaned. She hit a pine tree head on and was killed on impact.

Began near Martin (33.0700, -81.4833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Allendale County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5174266. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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