F2 tornado in Kershaw County, South Carolina

Tornado July 23, 1997 – July 24, 1997 · Kershaw County, South Carolina

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

Injury

$225K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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 produced winds to 135 mph. Numerous trees were down. Two homes had major damage and three had minor damage. One mobile home was destroyed and three others had minor damage. One person was injured.

Began near Camden (34.2200, -80.5700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Lexington County 1 dead F1 Richland County F1 Kershaw County F0 Richland County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5602091. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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