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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/28/2026 TORNADO EVENT
MADISON COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 7/28/2026
START TIME: 05:51 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 ENE ALLENSTAND / MADISON COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.9933 / -82.6866
END DATE: 7/28/2026
END TIME: 05:53 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE ALLENSTAND / MADISON COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.9817 / -82.6731
AN EF-0 TORNADO, WITH PEAK ESTIMATED WINDS OF 80 MPH, TOUCHED DOWN
IN THE ALLEGHENY AREA OF MADISON COUNTY. INITIAL TREE DAMAGE,
CONSISTING OF BROKEN LARGE BRANCHES AND A FEW UPROOTED OR
PARTIALLY SNAPPED TREES, WAS FIRST OBSERVED ALONG ROCK BRANCH
ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS HIGHWAY 212,
PRODUCING THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE ALONG THE
SOUTHWARD-FACING SLOPE OF SHELTON LAUREL CREEK, WHERE NUMEROUS
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TRACK CONTINUED SOUTHEASTWARD
TO CUTSHALL TOWN ROAD, WHERE SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED.
ADDITIONAL BROKEN BRANCHES AND POSSIBLY A FEW UPROOTED TREES WERE
NOTED IN A DISTANT WOODED AREA LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE CREEK. ALL
OBSERVED TREE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-0 INTENSITY. ALTHOUGH
THE DAMAGE WAS RELATIVELY MINOR AND SPORADIC, IT CORRELATES WELL
WITH RADAR DATA SHOWING A TORNADIC CIRCULATION MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA. DUE TO THE RUGGED, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, EARLIER PORTIONS OF
THE POTENTIAL TRACK WERE INACCESSIBLE BY GROUND SURVEY TEAMS. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE EXACT START
POINT IN THE COMING WEEKS IF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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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