F1 tornado in Saluda County, South Carolina

Tornado May 7, 1998 · Saluda County, South Carolina

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

An F1 tornado damaged several buildings and homes and picked up two cotton bin holders and threw them 100 yds.

Began near Ward (33.8500, -81.7500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Edgefield County 1 dead F3 Edgefield County F2 Edgefield County F0 McCormick County F0 Aiken County F0 McCormick County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5639367. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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