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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
403 PM EST TUE JAN 5 2021
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0730 PM TORNADO 7 SE MANNING 33.61N 80.14W
12/24/2020 CLARENDON SC NWS STORM SURVEY
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY
CONFIRMED A WEAK EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 90 MPH NEAR
BAGGETTE CROSSROADS IN CLARENDON COUNTY, SC.
THE BRIEF TORNADO, LASTING APPROXIMATELY ONE
MINUTE, BEGAN IN A FIELD OF PINE TREES EAST
OF BLOOMVILLE ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED NUMEROUS PINE TREES. THE TORNADO
THEN MOVED NORTHEAST CAUSING DAMAGE TO HOLLY
HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ON HIDDEN
BRANCH DRIVE. THIN METAL ROOFING WAS TORN
OFF PART OF THE CHURCH AND THE WALL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE FELLOWSHIP HALL COLLAPSED.
MORE PINE TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED AS THE TORNADO
CROSSED HIDDEN BRANCH DRIVE, WITH THE
TORNADO EVENTUALLY DISSIPATING BEFORE
REACHING BREWER ROAD. DEBRIS FROM THE CHURCH
WAS CARRIED APPROXIMATELY 0.6 MILES.
CLARENDON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES
CONDUCTED AN INITIAL SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE
AND PROVIDED PICTURES.
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