Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Georgetown County, South Carolina, August 7, 1953
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length5.4 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.37, -79.30) to the end point (33.40, -79.22), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 7, 1953, 1:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- South Carolina
- Counties
- Georgetown County
- Near the path
- Georgetown (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 5.4 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.