EF1 tornado in Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Storm Survey found the path of an EF1 tornado across the high elevations of Oconee County. Damage was first found along Highway 107, less than a mile south of Wigington Rd. Multiple large tree limbs were snapped near this location. The next area of damage was found due east of here along Whitewater Falls Rd, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Additional tree damage was found on Bad Creek Rd, just west of Lake Jocassee. While additional tree damage was observed from a distance on a peninsula in Lake Jocassee, a survey of areas downstream was impossible due to the remote, inaccessible nature of the terrain in the Sumter National Forest/Jocassee Gorges area.

A strong storm system impacted the Southeast, resulting in a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that moved across upstate South Carolina during the early morning hours of the 13th. This resulted in severe weather, including a couple of strong tornadoes, one of which was the strongest tornado to impact the upstate area in more than 25 years.