F2 Tornado — Georgetown, South Carolina

2002-10-11 · near Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina

Event narrative

Tornado touched down with strong F2 damage near the corner of Merriman and Emanuel Roads, destroying 5 manufactured homes, a car and 2 houses before continuing NE with scattered F1 damage...described as major to a total of 28 structures and minor to 78 more...including homes, businesses, churches and also trees as it traveled a mile through residential streets. The tornado continued another 0.25 mile with F0 damage to trees before moving out over marshland. Eight people were hospitalized for minor injuries, where they were treated and released.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5323093. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.