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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1003 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0501 PM TORNADO 7 W SUMMERTON 33.60N 80.48W
05/30/2025 CLARENDON SC NWS STORM SURVEY
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM
CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN CLARENDON COUNTY
THAT OCCURRED WITHIN A WIDE SWATH OF
DAMAGING WINDS, EXTENDING FROM SWANSEA TO
LAKE MARION. BASED ON GROUND OBSERVATIONS
AND RADAR, THE TORNADO LIKELY DEVELOPED OVER
LAKE MARION, JUST EAST OF LONE STAR BEFORE
EMERGING OVER LAND NEAR HICKORY TOP ROAD.
THE TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS LIMBS AND LARGE
BRANCHES ALONG OLD RIVER ROAD AS IT MOVED
SOUTHEAST. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED AND
CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL TREE AND POWER LINE
DAMAGE NEAR OLD RIVER ROAD AND CLIFTON ROAD
AND THEN FURTHER EAST NEAR LIBERTY HILL ROAD
AND RAPID EDGE TRAIL. MOVING SOUTHEAST,
MINOR TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ACROSS HIGHWAY 15
AND I95. NUMEROUS TREES WERE THEN UPROOTED
ALONG MG HEMINGWAY ROAD. THE TORNADO SLOWLY
WEAKENED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE ACROSS
WASHINGTON DAVIS ROAD BEFORE DISSIPATING
NEAR BILL DAVIS ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 5:14
PM EDT.
CJR
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