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EF1 Tornado — Union, South Carolina

2017-04-03 · near Ada, Union, South Carolina

Direct deaths

$50K

Property damage

0.7 mi

Path length

150 yds

Path width

Event narrative

NWS Storm survey found the path of an EF1 tornado that began around healing springs Church Road and Eaves Road, moving northeast between these Two Roads, then lifting near the intersection of Eaves Rd and old highway 176. A mobile home on Eaves Rd was overturned off its frame and flipped multiple times. A 65-year-old male occupant of the home was killed.

Wider weather episode

A line of showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front pushes across Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon. In addition to locally damaging winds, several brief, weak tornadoes touched down, including a fatal tornado in Union County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 690887. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.