EF3 Tornado — Orangeburg, South Carolina

2008-03-15 · near Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina

10.1 mi

Path length

1320 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Extensive damage in Branchville. One home was destroyed and 16 had other moderate to major damage. One mobile home was destroyed and a half dozen had moderate to major damage. Seven buildings in downtown were destroyed, including a couple of 3 layer deep brick buildings. Thirteen others had major damage and 5 had minor damage. Amazingly there were no injuries or deaths.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 76041. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.