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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
935 PM EDT MON APR 18 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ST. STEPHEN IN BERKELEY COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...ST. STEPHEN IN BERKELEY COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA
DATE...04/16/2011 
ESTIMATED TIME...503 PM EDT TO 514 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 TO 110 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...120 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...8 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...33.3548N/-80.0368W 
ENDING LAT/LON...33.3973N/-79.9093W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR ST. STEPHEN IN BERKELEY COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA ON
04/16/2011.

A TORNADIC WATERSPOUT DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE
AROUND 503 PM AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST ABOUT 2 MILES BEFORE
COMING ONSHORE ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE. THE
TORNADO THEN TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST BEFORE DISSIPATING ABOUT 1 MILE 
SOUTHEAST OF ST. STEPHEN. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FAIRLY CONTINUOUS 
WEST OF U.S ROUTE 52...AND MAINLY SPORADIC EAST OF U.S. ROUTE 52. 
THE TORNADO LIFTED A ROOF OFF A CHURCH...DESTROYED A MOBILE 
HOME...RIPPED THE ROOF OFF ANOTHER MOBILE HOME...SHIFTED TWO OTHER 
MOBILE HOMES OFF OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS...TORE HALF THE ROOF OFF A 
HOUSE...DESTROYED A BARN...TORE SHINGLES AND/OR SIDING OFF OF ABOUT 
A DOZEN HOMES/MOBILE HOMES...UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF MANY HUNDRED 
TREES...DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SECTIONS OF SEVERAL FENCES AND KNOCKED 
DOWN SEVERAL POWER POLES.

THERE WAS ONE PERSON IN THE CHURCH WHEN THE TORNADO HIT AND HE WAS
NOT INJURED. 

EXTREME UPPER END EF1 DAMAGE WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 105 TO 
110 MPH WAS DETERMINED AT THREE LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE 
TORNADO.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/CHS.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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