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F0 tornado in Barnwell County, South Carolina

Tornado September 7, 2004 · Barnwell County, South Carolina

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

An F0 took down some trees and powerlines and damaged some signs in Barnwell.

Began near Barnwell (33.2333, -81.3667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

21 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Kershaw CountyF2 Richland CountyF2 Sumter CountyF2 Chesterfield CountyF1 Richland CountyF1 Lee CountyF1 Kershaw CountyF1 Sumter CountyF1 Lancaster CountyF1 Chesterfield CountyF0 Calhoun CountyF0 Richland CountyF0 Aiken CountyF0 Kershaw CountyF0 Calhoun CountyF0 Clarendon CountyF0 Orangeburg CountyF0 Chesterfield CountyF0 Bamberg CountyF0 Fairfield CountyF0 Lee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5414659. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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