F1 tornado in Clarendon County, South Carolina

Tornado January 13, 2006 · Clarendon County, South Carolina

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

440 yd

Path width

Injuries

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

A strong F1 tornado touched down just west of Manning and continued NNE to Alcolu. Six mobile homes were completely destroyed, 9 had moderate damage, 16 had minor damage, 2 framed homes had minor damage and many trees and powerlines were down. There were 18 injuries, 9 of which were sent to the hospital,4 of which were kept for a few days and released.

Began near Manning (33.7167, -80.2833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Lexington County F0 Richland County F0 Bamberg County F0 Orangeburg County F0 Orangeburg County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5485354. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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