Track of Fair Play Camp School Tornado on 14 October 2014

Approximate location of the Fair Play Camp School Tornado on 14 October 2014

Track of the Fair Play Camp School Tornado on 14 October 2014

Track of the Fair Play Wilderness Camp School tornado on 14 October 2014.
The top map shows the approximate location of the tornado (depicted as a red star)
relative to Westminster, South Carolina.  The bottom map shows the approximate track 
of the tornado, shown as a thick red line.  Click on images to enlarge.


NOUS42 KGSP 241851
PNSGSP
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1227 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WESTMINSTER IN OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...6 MI WNW OF WESTMINSTER IN OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA
DATE...OCTOBER 14 2014
ESTIMATED TIME...811 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...ONE HALF MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.68N / 83.21W
ENDING LAT/LON...34.69N / 83.21W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

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

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC HAS
CONFIRMED A TORNADO 6 MILES WNW OF WESTMINSTER IN OCONEE COUNTY
SOUTH CAROLINA ON 10/14/2014.

A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO WITH A NARROW DISCONTINOUS PATH OF TREE
DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED ON THE PROPERTY OF FAIR PLAY WILDERNESS CAMP
SCHOOL WEST OF LONG CREEK HIGHWAY. APPROXIMATELY 25 HARDWOOD AND
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE TOPPLED AND/OR UPROOTED.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/GSP.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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