EF0 tornado in Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Tornado March 3, 2019 · Orangeburg County, South Carolina

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

An EF-0 tornado touched down in Orangeburg Co near the Bamberg Co line just west of the end of South River Rd. The tornado occurred in a difficult to access location along the South Fork of the Edisto River, uprooting and snapping multiple hardwood trees near a residence.

The wider storm

An upper trough and strong surface cold front moved through the Central Savannah River Area of GA and Midlands of SC in the late afternoon and evening. Strong thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front. Sufficient atmospheric instability and shear contributed to the development of seven tornadoes across the region, one EF-0, four EF-1's and two EF-2's.

Began near Branchville (33.2691, -80.8940).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Edgefield County EF1 Lexington County EF1 Lexington County EF1 Richland County EF1 Richland County EF1 Aiken County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 809712. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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