EF1 tornado — Dillon County, South Carolina

EF1 tornado in Dillon County, South Carolina

Tornado October 11, 2020 · Dillon County, South Carolina

EF1

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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

The tornado touched down on the west side of I-95 just south of mile

marker 184, and snapped several large pine trees, damaged a billboard,

and destroyed a storage shed as it moved north-northeast for

approximately one-quarter mile. A single-wide trailer home sustained

some minor damage to the underpinning, and a portion of metal roofing

was blown off another home at the interesection of Holland Drive

and Mallory Beach Road. The tornado crossed I-95 near the Catfish

Church Road overpass and entered forested land on the east side of the

interstate. Several more large pine trees were snapped off as the

tornado remained on the ground for another one-quarter mile.

The wider storm

The remnants of tropical system Delta spawned several tornadoes and strong thunderstorms.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 926199. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Dillon County, South Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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