EF1 tornado in Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Tornado March 15, 2008 · Chesterfield County, South Carolina

EF1

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

110 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 110 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fire Dept. reported a tornado taking down many trees and powerlines. A few mobile homes had minor damage and a water tower also sustained minor damage.

The wider storm

Seven supercells tracked across our South Carolina County Warning Area and produced many long-lived tornadoes that did significant damage. Over 85 homes were destroyed, around 400 had moderate damage, and estimates for the total devastation were around 40 million dollars.

Began near Angelus (34.5450, -80.3000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Newberry County EF3 Bamberg County EF2 Kershaw County EF2 Kershaw County EF2 Saluda County EF2 Lexington County EF2 Calhoun County EF2 Aiken County EF2 Lee County EF1 McCormick County EF1 Richland County EF1 Clarendon County EF1 Bamberg County EF1 Kershaw County EF0 Fairfield County EF0 Kershaw County EF0 Aiken County EF0 Edgefield County EF0 Barnwell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 75982. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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