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NWUS52 KCAE 130150
LSRCAE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
950 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0605 AM TORNADO 2 WSW BLAIR 34.41N 81.43W
10/11/2026 NEWBERRY SC NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-2 TORNADO IN
NORTHEASTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY. THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR OR JUST BEFORE THE
INTERSECTION OF OLD BLAIR ROAD AND HENDERSON
FERRY ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED BRANCHES OF
MULTIPLE PINE TREES AND UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
SEVERAL OTHER PINES. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE
CLEARING AND FOLLOWED OLD BLAIR ROAD,
SNAPPING AND UPROOTING VARIOUS HARDWOOD AND
SOFTWOOD TREES. A HOME LOCATED OFF OF OLD
BLAIR ROAD HAD SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AROUND THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS A SMALL CAMPER ON THE PROPERTY
WHICH WAS FLIPPED. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE BROAD RIVER IT
REACHED THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY WITH PEAK
WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 115 MPH. MUCH OF THE
FORESTED AREA ALONG OLD BLAIR ROAD WAS
DESTROYED WITH NUMEROUS SNAPPED PINE TREES
FOUND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ROAD. THE TREES
ALSO BROUGHT DOWN SEVERAL POWER POLES AFTER
FALLING ON THE POLES OR ATTACHED LINES. THE
TORNADO LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING THE
BROAD RIVER.
0441 PM TORNADO 1 WSW KLINE 33.12N 81.36W
10/10/2026 BARNWELL SC NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-1
TORNADO IN SOUTHERN BARNWELL COUNTY. A
TORNADO DEVELOPED SOUTH OF BOILING SPRINGS
RD, EAST OF SHEPHERD RD., MOVED TO THE NORTH
ACROSS A LARGE HEAVILY WOODED FIELD, BEFORE
DISSIPATING NEAR POPLAR ROAD. THE TORNADO
SNAPPED NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES.
0449 PM TORNADO 2 NNW KLINE 33.16N 81.36W
10/10/2026 BARNWELL SC NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO IN
BARNWELL COUNTY. A TORNADO DEVELOPED ALONG
HWY 278 SOUTH OF MOUNT OLIVE CIR, THEN
CONTINUED NORTH INTO THE CITY OF BARNWELL,
BEFORE TURNING NORTHWEST THROUGH LONG BRANCH
AND DISSIPATING JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
WILLISTON. THE TORNADO PRODUCED SPORADIC
TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH, WITH THE MOST
INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRING IN A WOODED AREA
ALONG A FIELD SOUTH OF FREEDOM ROAD WHERE
NUMEROUS LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO LIFTED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF WILLISTON NEAR WILTON DRIVE.
0558 PM TORNADO 5 NNE AIKEN STATE PARK 33.61N 81.46W
10/10/2026 AIKEN SC NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO IN
NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY. A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF BETHCAR CHURCH RD. IT
QUICKLY STRENGTHENED AND MOVED
NORTHWESTWARD, CAUSING MOSTLY TREE DAMAGE
ALONG ITS PATH. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
WAS NOTED BEGINNING ALONE COLEMAN BRIDGE RD
AND CONTINUING ALONG QUAIL RUN RD WHERE
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED CAUSING DAMAGE AS IT MOVED
NORTHWESTWARD, CROSSING KENNEDY DR AND CAMP
RAWLS RD WITH SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE NOTED.
THE TORNADO LIKELY LIFTED IN A SWAMPY AREA
NORTH OF EAGERTON RD WHERE THE FINAL
SNAPPED/UPROOTED TREES WERE NOTED.
0330 PM TORNADO 7 W WAYNESBORO 33.09N 82.13W
10/10/2026 BURKE GA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO IN
WEST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY. A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN IN THE SWAMPLAND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 80
NEAR ROCKY CREEK. IT MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS
HIGHWAY 80 AND ABRAMS RD, TURNING NORTH AND
CROSSING FOREST HILL RD BEFORE LIFTING.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A RESIDENTIAL
FARMSTEAD ON HWY 80, INCLUDING ROOF DAMAGE,
MULTIPLE LARGE TREES UPROOTED, TOPPLED
PORTIONS OF A CENTER-PIVOT IRRIGATION
SYSTEM, AND MULTIPLE 18-WHEELER TRAILERS
TOPPLED OVER. THE REST OF THE DAMAGE WAS
MAINLY TREES AND LIMBS.
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