F0 tornado in Berkeley County, South Carolina

Tornado May 10, 1998 · Berkeley County, South Carolina

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

35 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 35 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Several trees and limbs down, mobile home damaged, minor roof damage to several brick homes and outdoor shed destroyed.

Began near St Stephen (33.4200, -79.9300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Berkeley County 1 dead F0 Dorchester County F0 Dorchester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5636651. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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