F2 tornado in Fairfield County, South Carolina

Tornado September 27, 2004 · Fairfield County, South Carolina

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 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

An F2 tornado destroyed 5 mobile homes, did moderate to severe damage to 2 framed homes and injurred 13 people. One 57 year old male died. Two vehicles were moved 20 to 30 yards.

Began near Ridgeway (34.3333, -80.9667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Clarendon County F1 Newberry County F0 Aiken County F0 Saluda County F0 Newberry County F0 Lexington County F0 Lee County F0 Chesterfield County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5415069. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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