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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/29/24 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2
*.UPDATE...COMBINED THE SPARTANBURG AND POLK COUNTY TORNADOES INTO
ONE SINGLE PNS. FIVE ADDITIONAL TORNADOES WERE ALSO ADDED -
BLACKSTOCK MONUMENT, MONARCH MILL, WEST SPRINGS, BETHANY AND
DIXIE.
HOLLY SPRINGS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.72 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 07:55 AM EST
START LOCATION: 6 SSE GOWENSVILLE / SPARTANBURG COUNTY / SC
START LAT/LON: 35.0304 / -82.2151
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 07:57 AM EST
END LOCATION: 5 SSE GOWENSVILLE / SPARTANBURG COUNTY / SC
END LAT/LON: 35.0492 / -82.1956
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A
WOODED AREA ALONG THE MIDDLE TYGER RIVER JUST EAST OF JUG FACTORY
RD WHERE LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED OFF TREES. THE TORNADO TRACKED
TO THE NORTHEAST AND CROSSED SLOAN RD WERE A LARGE TREE WAS
UPROOTED ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. THE TORNADO
REACHED PEAK INTENSITY OF 75 MPH AS IT CROSSED HOLLY SPRINGS
CHURCH RD AND BRADLEY DILL RD WHERE ADDITIONAL TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND MORE LIMBS SNAPPED. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED IN A
WOODED AREA JUST WEST OF HOLLY SPRINGS MOTLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MILL SPRING TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.89 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 08:13 AM EST
START LOCATION: 2 ENE MILL SPRING / POLK COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.3059 / -82.1215
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 08:14 AM EST
END LOCATION: 2 NE MILL SPRING / POLK COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.318 / -82.1267
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ALONG AR THOMPSON ROAD EAST
OF MILL SPRING. IT THEN LIFTED TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST, CROSSING HIGH MEADOWS
DRIVE AND UPROOTING DOZENS OF TREES ALONG THE ROADSIDE, BEFORE
DISSIPATING JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 108.
BLACKSTOCK MONUMENT TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 08:15 AM EST
START LOCATION: 2 NE CROSS ANCHOR / UNION COUNTY / SC
START LAT/LON: 34.662 / -81.824
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 08:19 AM EST
END LOCATION: 4 NNE CROSS ANCHOR / UNION COUNTY / SC
END LAT/LON: 34.692 / -81.8091
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG MONUMENT ROAD WHERE SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS
WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO MOVED QUICKLY NORTHEAST UPROOTING
SEVERAL TREES AND SNAPPING A NUMBER OF LARGE LIMBS ALONG
BATTLEFIELD ROAD AND THE REMAINDER OF MONUMENT ROAD. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA WHERE IT DISSIPATED.
MONARCH MILL TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.99 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 08:27 AM EST
START LOCATION: 2 ESE MONARCH MILLS / UNION COUNTY / SC
START LAT/LON: 34.7102 / -81.5533
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 08:36 AM EST
END LOCATION: 1 NNE ADAMSBURG / UNION COUNTY / SC
END LAT/LON: 34.807 / -81.5186
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY LANDFILL ROAD WHERE
SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH A TREE DOWNED. THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST CROSSING OLD FERRY ROAD WERE SEVERAL
TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO REACHED PEAK INTENSITY OF 80 MPH
AS IT CROSSED SOUTH CAROLINA 49 AND MOVED ALONG PHILLIP CHURCH
ROAD. HERE, A NUMBER OF TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG WITH SNAPPING
OF LARGE LIMBS. THE TORNADO CROSSED BLACK BOTTOM ROAD WHERE
SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED BEFORE WEAKENING AS IT CROSSED SOUTH
CAROLINA 9. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED AFTER CROSSING BAILEY TOWN
ROAD WHERE SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.
WEST SPRINGS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.74 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 08:28 AM EST
START LOCATION: 4 WNW BUFFALO / UNION COUNTY / SC
START LAT/LON: 34.7606 / -81.7538
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 08:31 AM EST
END LOCATION: 4 NW BUFFALO / UNION COUNTY / SC
END LAT/LON: 34.777 / -81.7305
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG JOHN HART ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
LEE ROAD WHERE NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHERE A COUPLE TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG
MITCHELLS CREEK. THE TORNADO CROSSED MUD BRIDGE ROAD WHERE
ADDITIONAL LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST TO
THE NORTHEAST.
BETHANY TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 09:09 AM EST
START LOCATION: BETHANY / YORK COUNTY / SC
START LAT/LON: 35.1125 / -81.3056
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 09:13 AM EST
END LOCATION: 3 NW CLOVER / YORK COUNTY / SC
END LAT/LON: 35.1433 / -81.2634
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HIGHWAY 161 JUST SOUTH OF THE
INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 55 WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED.
THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST CROSSING WILMOTH ROAD, BEAMGUARD ROAD
AND HIGHWAY 55 WHERE ADDITIONAL TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG WITH
LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER
CROSSING KNOX ROAD.
DIXIE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.55 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/29/2024
START TIME: 09:22 AM EST
START LOCATION: 5 ESE BELMONT / MECKLENBURG COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.2013 / -80.9734
END DATE: 12/29/2024
END TIME: 09:23 AM EST
END LOCATION: 4 SSW PAW CREEK / MECKLENBURG COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.2236 / -80.972
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF DIXIE RIVER ROAD
WHERE A COUPLE LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTH AND CROSSED ROCKWOOD ROAD AND WALKERS FERRY ROAD WHERE
ADDITIONAL LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED AND A TREE WAS DOWNED. THE
TORNADO DISSIPATED NORTH OF WALKERS FERRY ROAD.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
SW/CAC/JMP/JK/MPR/TW
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