EF3 Tornado Hits Seneca

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT MON APR 13 2020

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR EF3 TORNADO EVENT...

START LOCATION...3 SSE WESTMINSTER IN OCONEE COUNTY SC
END LOCATION...2 W CENTRAL IN PICKENS COUNTY SC
DATE...04/13/2020
ESTIMATED TIME...03:20 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...160 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...900.0 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...16.66 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.6175 / -83.0834
ENDING LAT/LON...34.7329 / -82.8263
* FATALITIES...1
* INJURIES...?

...SUMMARY...
A  LARGE AND SIGNIFICANT TORNADO PASSED THROUGH PARTS OF OCONEE
AND PICKENS COUNTIES EARLY MONDAY MORNING, BEGINNING SOUTH OF
WESTMINSTER, AND ENDING NORTH OF CLEMSON.  MAXIMUM STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND A LARGE WAREHOUSE IN THE AREA INDICATE PEAK
WINDS NEAR 160 MPH, FOR A STRONG EF3 RATING. DAMAGE EXISTS OVER A
WIDE SWATH, AND THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS AT LEAST A HALF MILE.
THERE IS ONE KNOWN FATALITY, NUMEROUS INJURIES, AND 2 PEOPLE STILL 
MISSING AT THE TIME OF THIS STATEMENT.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.