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";s:4:"text";s:36498:"... September 18, 2020 08:56 PM The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. GCEM is focused on helping out in Oconee and Pickens counties where the storm hit hardest in the Upstate. A hook, which can signal tornado formation, began appearing in the back of a severe thunderstorm, while the radar’s velocity mode revealed a dramatic change in wind speed and direction over a very short distance. Over two-mile-wide Mississippi tornado Sunday was state’s largest on record. Another likely tornado passed through Northern Greenville County, based on signature debris data on radar. 2, the southern one, began raining out of the sky to the north, including in and just east of Williston. The second tornado hit near the town of Elko at 5:45 a.m. ... April 13, 2020. One person died, “numerous” others were injured, and two people were reported missing. (MORE: Deputy, Wife Killed as He Shielded Her From Storm) In Bartow County, a 34-year-old man was killed about 1 a.m. Monday when a l… Anyone within the city limits of Seneca should stay home and off of streets. At one point, four tornado debris signatures, indicating tornado damage lifted into the air, lined up along a 20-mile stretch of storms, illustrating four simultaneous twisters. There may even have been a third vortex that briefly touched down near the “W” in Williston on the map below, but the National Weather Service has yet to confirm that. 1 “finally dissipated northeast of Springfield, just before reaching the path of [tornado No. Perhaps the most remarkable were the northern two bright areas of debris, known as debris ball signatures, which dangled around each other before combining — hinting at a potential merger of two strong tornadoes. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to September 30, 2020, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its … You’ll see that after the interaction, the second tornado quickly strengthened, going from producing EF1 damage (yellow) to EF3 damage (orange). And an EF0 tornado touched down in Pickens County around 3:20 a.m., starting in Berea and moving 7.4 miles toward Easley. At least nine people were killed in South Carolina as strong storms and several tornadoes battered the state overnight and into Monday morning. Two people were missing. High winds fell trees in Sumter,  Fairfield and Lancaster. “We’re not used to seeing things along those lines,” said Alsheimer, who could not remember an episode like this in his area before. A deadly tornado ripping through South Carolina on April 13, 2020 has forced the federal Bureau of Prisons to start moving hundreds of prisoners from FCI Estill. Multiple strong tornadoes were confirmed by Monday night, and Okulski said meteorologists will continue studying storm tracks. Nine people died – five in Hampton County, two in Orangeburg County, one in Oconee County and one in Colleton County. This could have choked out tornado No. 2, there may still have been a merger of their areas of circulation. ... 2020 / 5:23 AM As skies cleared Monday morning, wind gusts lingered and hundreds of thousands of people were without power across both Carolinas. Check back with greenvilleonline.com for updates. It knocked down “large numbers of trees” west of Marietta near the Pickens-Greenville County line with wind speeds of 120 mph. The NWS is still investigating and expects for these surveys to take several days, said Steve Rowley, meteorologist. We were ramped up and expecting this.”, A house blown onto a street, an untouched cake and photos carried 100 miles: Tornadoes leave bizarre scenes in their wake. Nine deaths were reported as a result of storms across the Palmetto State. There were 351 tornadoes reported in the United States this April, of which 251 were confirmed. The two confirmed tornadoes continued east. The first tornado apparently dwindled some in intensity as its vorticity — or spin energy — was affected by the competition nearby. About 30,000 Blue Ridge Electric Coop customers were without power Monday morning and about 4,000 Laurens Electric customers were also without power. WIP Tornado Outbreak of January 26-28, 2020 (Dixie) List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks 2’s track was initially listed as beginning near Elko, S.C., at 5:46 a.m. — but that’s unlikely to be the true beginning of the twister’s rampage, since radar revealed it had continuously lofted debris in the air beginning five miles or so to the southwest, beginning at 5:35 a.m. The Tornado Outbreak of January 10-14, 2020 was a large outbreak that devastated parts of the Southern United States, especially the Deep South.In all, 1,360 tornadoes touched down. April 13, 2020 at 10:03 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 1:32 PM SENECA, SC (WYFF) - An employee at an Upstate plant was killed Monday during a tornado, according to company spokeswoman. This tornado caused no injuries, but downed a number of trees in the area. By Associated Press , Wire Service Content Dec. 24, 2020 Many of the tornadoes, especially across the Midlands and Piedmont, struck in the dead of night — their destruction cloaked in darkness. Usually, tornadoes touch down quickly in South Carolina, Rowley said. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster held a press conference Monday afternoon at Seneca High School and surveyed storm damage in the Upstate, where at least one person died. It was part of the same tornado outbreak that left 34 dead and spawned at least 105 tornadoes from the South to the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday and Monday. It was also the deadliest tornado outbreak in six years, with 32 fatalities across Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina. Clemson University has closed statewide and suspended online instruction for the remainder of Monday. 1 tracked 30.19 miles from the Savannah River Site to northeast of Springfield and was rated an EF3. Some of what the radars illuminated was staggering. That was the case on March 13, 1990, when the remnants of a former F5 tornado were drawn into a new, strengthening tornado near Hesston, Kan. Tornado No. A 77-year-old Walhalla man died Monday when a tornado swept through Seneca while he was at work. Debris from tornado No. 1 and given the other nearby twister a bit more of an eastward shove. Gov. Tornado leaves extensive damage to South Carolina school making it look like a 'war zone' South Carolina State Guard called in to help after an EF-2 tornado touched down in Kershaw County. A A. Only a few instances of merging tornadic circulations have occurred before — mostly with rotating supercell thunderstorms as a result of a tornado family process. Traffic was backed up on US-123 heading into Clemson Monday morning due to downed trees following powerful overnight storms. It was more outages than what the state saw following Hurricanes Florence or Dorian, according to the state Emergency Management Division. ... 2020. This is a developing story. More than 50,000 of those outages occurred in Upstate South Carolina where tornado watches and warnings hit in the early morning hours. It’s an unusual event that has left many experts scratching their heads, but radar data could offer clues as to exactly what transpired. The Myrtle Beach … "We fared pretty good," Haynes said. Several tornadoes were responsible for prompting tornado emergencies, including the first one to be issued by the National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina. The remnant low from Hurricane Delta and a front stalled near the North Carolina/South Carolina border set the stage for a tornado outbreak across eastern South and North Carolina during the afternoon of October 11, 2020. At 5:24 a.m., the circulation was midway between Jackson and Barnwell. "We got nothing like the damage to the west.". While the damage track from the first tornado doesn’t lead continuously straight into tornado No. 1 was lagging behind. It lasted until about 8 a.m., Rowley said, and toppled large trees across the region, overturned a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 and tossed around airplanes in Walterboro. An initial assessment showed a handful of trees were uprooted and there were isolated power outages, but most of campus never lost power and there was no visible damage to facilities and buildings, Galbraith said. Following the recent disaster declaration for individual assistance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS announced today that affected taxpayers in certain areas will receive tax relief. At least 16 tornadoes have been confirmed across South Carolina … The city of Seneca set a Tuesday night curfew for areas affected by storms. The National Weather Service in Wilmington storm survey crew confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down near Myrtle Beach on Friday afternoon. Henry McMaster on Monday afternoon visited the Upstate to survey areas devastated by powerful storms that ripped through the area overnight. Overview: Unless new information is received, the National Weather Service in Columbia has completed surveying the tornado damage from the April 13, 2020 tornado event. By Mireya Villarreal CBS News April 13, 2020, 6:35 PM. 2 — which curved left — dramatically strengthened. In South Carolina, a ... Several apparent tornadoes spun up in South Carolina, where dozens of homes appeared damaged in a line from Seneca to Clemson. This may have allowed the other twister to usurp its vorticity, strengthening the parent circulation of tornado No. The first tornado never curved to the left; in fact, it was drawn to the right, as a result of its interaction with the other tornado. “Essentially we were looking at three potential vortices on the ground at that time,” said Alsheimer. Tornadoes are rated EF0 to EF5. Rep. Neal Collins said the worst damage in Pickens County was in Pumpkintown, along State 11. The suspected tornado touched down in Oconee County, South Carolina around 3:30 a.m. Monday. Author: WCNC Staff, Billie Jean Shaw Published: 12:39 PM EDT April 13, 2020 Stinson said the death toll could rise as officials study more storm damage. Most counties across the state reported damage; the hardest hit were Aiken, Berkeley, Colleton, Hampton, Oconee, Orangeburg and Pickens counties, state Emergency Management Director Kim Stinson said. “We are still piecing it together,” he said. A Doppler radar product that looks for the types and sizes of objects that the radar beam bounces off detected an area with jagged, irregular objects flying around in the atmosphere. It’s actually quite common with long-lasting, rotating supercell storms on the Plains. In Oconee County, one person was killed in the storm and several others injured, WSPA reported. Eight others died in counties across the state. The most severe was an EF3 tornado in Oconee. The governor said it was some of the worst devastation he has ever seen and plans to issue a declaration of emergency that will help secure funding and resources. A stunning example of two powerful tornadoes merging occurred in Pilger, Neb., on June 16, 2014 — and was broadcast live on the Weather Channel. At 5:39 a.m., both tornadoes crossed Route 278, on a collision course with Williston. Neighbors walked the roads of the Whispering Pines neighborhood in Easley on Monday morning, surveying the damage early morning storms had brought to their area. The fatalities were in two mobile home parks near Chatsworth, Georgia, Dwayne Bain, director of the Murray County Emergency Management Agency and fire chief, told the Daily Citizen-News. Dominion Energy says some 12,000 customers in Lexington and Richland counties are without power as of about 11 a.m. Three people died early Monday in Hampton County as dangerous, slow-moving severe weather slammed into South Carolina, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly 300,000 Duke Energy customers were without power across the Carolinas Monday after powerful storms moved through the Upstate and continued across North and South Carolina in the early . Tornado No. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events. It appears the Monday morning tornadoes may have lingered and may be long-track – the result of warm and cold air clashing, as well as very strong atmospheric winds. April 16, 2020 at 2:39 p.m. UTC. 2 was swinging forward, as if making a left-hand turn to surge ahead of its northern counterpart. The potential remains for further tree damage as winds continue through the day, but initial report is campus was very fortunate to miss major damage. There are concerns about looting and about how dark the roads will be since the power is out and many wires/power lines lay strewn across streets, Moulder said. One person was found dead in a collapsed building in Seneca after a tornado touched down in the area early Monday morning, according to Oconee County Emergency Management Director Scott Krein. By 5:52 a.m., they were less than a mile apart as they struck Springfield, S.C. At that time, something unusual was happening. At least 16 tornadoes have been confirmed across South Carolina alone, a number that could grow as National Weather Service survey teams continue to inspect damage. Another fell through a house. Reaction and analysis from constitutional law attorney and the Senior Legal Adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign Jenna Ellis. In all, 72 people were killed, along with 210 injuries, and $890 million (2020 USD) in damages. The tornado's path was at least a half-mile wide with wind speeds of 160 mph, damaging houses and a large warehouse. Trees and power lines are scattered across roadways in Lexington. Here is a recap of all tornadoes in Central South Carolina and East-Central Georgia. 2020 Weather in Review: Tornadoes, hurricanes, warm records, and more. Greenville County Emergency Management Director Jay Merritt said nowhere in Greenville County was hit particularly hard other than downed trees which individual fire departments are mostly handling. He said the county was hit by two storm cells. The 6:05 a.m. radar scan showed something remarkable; tornado No. He said that, while it’s impossible to confirm whether the tornadoes’ circulations merged without a detailed computer modeling study, there is evidence to support the idea that the twin funnels got extremely close to one another before some sort of interaction occurred. Harvill died from blunt force traumatic injuries, according to the release. What may also have happened could be attributed partly to cool, descending air — a downdraft — within the storm, specifically north of the first tornado. The National Weather Service confirmed Monday afternoon there were three tornadoes in the Upstate overnight. “It certainly appears there was ingesting of vorticity into that larger one,” said Alsheimer. However, the damage tracks show that the first tornado dissipated just before reaching the second EF3 twister, with the two circulations separated by just 1.14 miles. That could have strengthened the second tornado and may explain the sharp curve in its path as well. Seneca in Oconee County was hit hard by storms. That rotation tightened as it crossed Atomic Road (Route 125) to the northeast. Monday morning’s tornado outbreak across the Carolinas was one to remember. At least five tornadoes touched down in South Carolina as Hurricane Sally came through, four in the Midlands, one in the Lowcountry. Google Maps [enhanced with tornado graphics and text] Carolina Alley is considered the fourth most active tornado region in the country and it looks like this spring will be … At least 33 killed as tornadoes rip through the South. At a press conference at Seneca High School, McMaster reassured lawmakers who met him there that he will seek state and federal disaster aid for the areas affected, including Orangeburg and Hampton counties that saw where a number of people died. A total of 2,444 people were killed, 2,409 by tornadoes, and 35 by straight-line winds, hail, flash flooding and other causes, over 12,731 injuries, and an incredible $35 billion (2020 USD) in damage. Search teams have been brought into the area and are assessing damage in three places, Krein said. A large squall line formed and tracked through the mid-Atlantic on April 13, prompting more tornado warnings and watches. Therefore, it may be an event scientists study for years. All rights reserved. Houses Damaged by Confirmed Tornado in South Carolina 12 October 2020, 9:53 am The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado made landfall in Conway, South Carolina – part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area – on October 11, local media reported . Two mobile homes were destroyed, and three people were injured, according to NWS. The identity of the person has not been released. The NWS has also received multiple reports of structural damage, including multiple homes in Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, as well as some destruction in Edisto Beach. Tornado No. 1. In front of Kirk Hunter’s house, about half the branches on a small tree had snapped, and he found a camper he recently bought spun 90 degrees from where he left it. Earlier Monday, at least seven people were killed and almost two dozen were hurt when storms tore through Murray County on the Georgia-Tennessee border. It also took a clear right turn as a direct result of the two funnels’ interaction. That was a telltale sign that a tornado was on the ground and causing serious damage. The storm’s lone area of rotation will produce a tornado, and that twister will eventually weaken and curve to the left before a new tornado touches down to the right. As many as 290,000 utility customers lost power from the storms, but most of the outages were repaired by Monday evening with about 90,000 still without power. It’s not unusual for a thunderstorm to produce multiple tornadoes. The National Weather Service office at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport will conduct storm surveys Monday with the main survey area centered around Seneca in Oconee County. The “Fujiwhara Effect” was underway, a process by which two vortexes in close proximity orbit a common center until the weaker becomes absorbed into the dominant vortex’s circulation. The new tornado produced F5 damage to the northeast. The curfew may be extended beyond Monday night once damage is further assessed, city administrator Scott Moulder said. At 5:56 a.m., the National Weather Service issued a new tornado warning, stating “several tornadoes possible.”. Four of the tornadoes in South Carolina reached EF3 status on the 0 to 5 scale for twister intensity, with winds topping 136 mph. Numerous trees and power lines are down around across Saluda County. In cyclic supercells, which exhibit the tornado trade-off discussed, it’s the dying funnel that makes the left turn. A citywide curfew in Seneca goes into effect Monday, April 13, 2020, beginning at 9 p.m. until 8 a.m. Tuesday. 2] just to the east.”. At least two people were killed and seven others injured in Orangeburg County. Updated: 5:45 AM EDT September 18, 2020 COLUMBIA, S.C ... We already had a radar confirmed tornado in the South Carolina Midlands this morning from the remnants of Sally. 2 had entirely danced around tornado No. The streets of the subdivision were covered in fallen leaves and broken branches whipped up in powerful winds that morning, and piles of freshly cut wood removed from the roads by emergency crews sat on the curbside. by Sonya Stevens . This is possible, but less likely. Severe storms that spawned tornadoes tore across South Carolina early Monday, reportedly killing at least nine people. A survey team will go out to the area later to determine the rating of that tornado. The confirmation was made by radar images of signature damage. Residents are asked to stay at home from 10 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Tornado confirmed in Orangeburg County, two killed. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. But there’s more to it than that. Clemson University's facilities team conducted a building-by-building walkthrough earlier Monday, according to university spokesperson Joe Galbraith. 2 had surged ahead of tornado No. The2020 Charleston, South Carolina Tornado was an extremely deadly, destructive, catastrophic, and costly, EF4-rated tornado that struck Charleston, South Carolina on January 28, 2020. 1′s circulation, becoming the more northern vortex as the pair passed through Livingston, S.C. Over the next 10 minutes, the two tornadoes combined into one large “debris ball” — indicating the possible merger of the two large, destructive tornadoes’ circulations. What happened Sunday night in South Carolina may be an event that stands on its own. It is in this area that there is the highest risk for tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. On a few quiet residential blocks of Seneca, South Carolina, homes, apartments and restaurants were battered by a tornado that touched down around 3 … In either case, that tornado was also rated an EF3. The science behind this strange dance between hurricanes Hilary and Irwin, At 5:55 a.m., tornado No. An EF3 in Oconee County started in Westminster around 3:20 a.m. and moved 16.66 miles east toward Central in Pickens County, according to a NWS statement. But two of the EF3 tornadoes did something nobody was expecting and few have observed before: They combined, with one strong twister essentially getting absorbed by the other’s circulation. Belmina Street is also closed near Standing Oak Apartments because of a fallen tree. But this time around, tornado No. South Carolina — Victims of the severe storms, tornadoes and straight-line winds that began on April 12, 2020 in South Carolina may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service. The storm system moved through the deep south on Easter Sunday before reaching South Carolina in the early morning hours Monday. An EF2 tornado touched down in Pickens County and moved 8 miles toward Greenville County, starting in Pumpkintown and ending in Cleveland around 3:42 a.m. In Richland, a tree collapsed the roof of a home. Wednesday, December 30th 2020. A history of twisters: Tornadoes in South Dakota 2020 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. He sat on the porch of his house on Westchester Road with his daughter April Hunter, 37, waving to neighbors as they passed by Monday morning. Debris from the northern twister, only about four or five miles away, began spreading out and falling to the ground north of its parent tornado. Mary McCants, left, and Amy Garrett walk along the beach in Cherry Grove, South Carolina, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, near the Sea Captain Pier that was damaged by Hurricane Isaias. NWS will also survey that area. “It looks like [this outbreak] is going to have the most significant tornadoes for us since 1984,” explained Frank Alsheimer, science and operations officer at the National Weather Service office in Columbia, S.C. “Looking at the ... setup, the [parameters] were the top of tornado situations around here. NWS storm surveys confirmed four tornadoes touched down in all -- … This pointed to a storm that had very strong rotation within it. As of about 11 a.m., members of the public and first responders had reports about 50 accounts of damage, ranging from toppled trash cans and twisted home siding to downed power lines and collapsed homes. A downed tree lay in roughly every other yard. An explosive storm outbreak ravaged the South April 12-13, killing at least 34 people – nine in South Carolina – and leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power across the region. A tornado with 140 mph winds destroyed a double-wide home on Preserver Road near Livingston in Orangeburg County, according to the National Weather Service. Jack F. Harvill was working for American Security and was stationed at the main entrance to the BorgWarner Plant on Wells Highway when the tornado hit, according to a release from Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis. © 2021 www.greenvilleonline.com. It appears they narrowly avoided the intersection of Routes 78 and 39. In Pendleton, large sections of South Mechanic Street and East Queen Street are closed because of fallen trees. A tornado with 140 mph winds destroyed a double-wide home on Preserver Road near Livingston in Orangeburg County, according to … Anyone who does need to travel to work during those hours should be prepared to show verification and identification to law enforcement officers, according to an email from the city administrator's office. Monday morning’s tornado outbreak across the Carolinas was one to remember. Then at 5:28 a.m., Doppler radar detected debris about five miles east of Jackson. According to the NWS, tornado No. A total of 15 watches were produced during the course of the event, two of which were design… The NWS office at GSP was among hundreds of thousands who lost power during the storms, but their generators kicked in. According to the official survey — which was still under review Wednesday — tornado No. Some storm tracks reached 30 to 50 miles long, with wind speeds of 140 mph. The reports cover Saluda, Sumter, Richland, Fairfield, Lexington and Lancaster counties. A tornado snapped pine tree trunks in Barnwell County early Monday morning, according to the local storm reports from the National Weather Service in Columbia. A widespread and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern United States on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 12–13, 2020. 2 and intensifying the surface circulation as well. “And you guys thought coronavirus was bad,” April yelled to MJ and Malaysia Wideman, two of the neighborhood kids, as they walked the house. There were now two tornadoes on the ground. The guard building where he was stationed sustained a structural collapse at approximately 3:30 a.m., Addis said. In a release, NWS said the surveys will also likely include damage in some areas of northeast Georgia as well as other locations in Oconee, Pickens and Northern Greenville counties. The main campus suffered limited damage, but the decision was made due to personnel who experienced damage or lost power from the storms. But Monday morning’s episode in South Carolina wasn’t a tornado family, and wasn’t from a supercell but rather two different areas of spin embedded within a squall line. The prison, located west of Charleston in Hampton County, took a direct hit from the tornado, an EF-4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with wind speeds of 175 mph. York County Emergency Management director Chuck Haynes said he got about 200 calls for service for things like small trees and power lines in response to Monday morning's storm. Frightening eyewitness video shows the moments an apparent tornado tore across the beach Friday afternoon in South Carolina. There is an enhanced risk for severe weather from eastern Texas to South Carolina. Starting at about 6 a.m., high winds and heavy rain crossed the Georgia-South Carolina border and pummeled Hampton, Colleton, Dorchester and Berkeley counties. Some called to each other from across the street to check in while others chatted on their front porches. It was the most significant severe weather outbreak in the state since March 2008, said Richard Okulski, South Carolina National Weather Service Meteorologist-in-Charge. The damage is consistent with an EF3 tornado. This is the first on record in southeast South Carolina. At 5:35 a.m., a second tornadic debris signature appeared on radar beneath the second circulation. It does not impact people going to work or visiting friends and family. One person is dead in a South Carolina county after tornado sirens went off and heavy winds blew in the area Friday. The National Weather Service at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport confirmed that a tornado passed through Seneca. Sylvia Salley, right, and Evelyn Wise looks over what remains of a storm damaged home April 13, 2020 in Livingston, South Carolina. A handful of other merging tornadoes have occurred before, all with tornado families in supercells. 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