Track of Fair Play Camp School Tornado on 14 October 2014

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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. $$ CSH/PM