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EF1 tornado in Marion County, South Carolina

Tornado June 3, 2021 · Marion County, South Carolina

EF1
Rating
1.2 mi
Path length
70 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 yards (0.04 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 formed near Old Nichols Highway northeast of Mullins,

SC. The tornado generally moved northeast and caused significant

tree damage toward the end of Ironwood Rd. It also destroyed a

small storage building and caused minor damage to 4 single wide

homes near the intersection of Gilcrist and Ironwood Rds. The

tornado moved across Gilchrist Rd and crossed an adjacent corn

field. The tornado then caused some additional tree damage along

Sugar Shack Place prior to lifting before reaching the Little Pee

Dee River.

The wider storm

An upper trough created scattered thunderstorms which produced heavy rain and tornadoes.

Began near North Mullins (34.2243, -79.2201).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 967600. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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