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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1045 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..TORNADO CONFIRMED IN EASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY
EASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/10/2026
START TIME: 03:19 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW NEWINGTON / SCREVEN COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.6135 / -81.5298
END DATE: 10/10/2026
END TIME: 03:36 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 NE HUNTERS / SCREVEN COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.7166 / -81.4940
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
21 NEAR OGEECHEE CREEK BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST NORTH OF OLD POOR
ROBIN ROAD IN FAR EASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY, GA. THE TORNADO PRODUCED
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH WITH NUMEROUS LARGE HARDWOOD
AND SOFTWOOD TREES BEING EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR COMPLETELY UPROOTED.
ONE MOBILE HOME SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE AS A LARGE HARDWOOD TREE TELL
ON IT. SEVERAL CARS WERE ALSO CRUSHED FROM TREES FALLING ON THEM.
TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON PARTS OF OLD POOR ROBIN ROAD, POOR
ROBIN ROAD, WISEMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 21.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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