EF0 tornado in Abbeville County, South Carolina

Tornado August 1, 2018 · Abbeville County, South Carolina

EF0

Rating

3.8 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

NWS storm survey confirmed a weak tornado touched down near the intersection of Highway 201 and Milford Dairy Rd and moved north-northeast for less than two miles before dissipating. Numerous trees were blown down along the path while a couple of outbuildings were heavily damaged.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms and thunderstorm clusters developed across Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon and evening. One storm produced a brief, weak tornado near Due West in Abbeville County.

Began near Fairs Xrds (34.2690, -82.4190).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 779846. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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