Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, August 17, 1985
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries39
Length9 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.97, -82.00) to the end point (35.10, -81.92), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 17, 1985, 10:50 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- South Carolina
- Counties
- Spartanburg County
- Path
- 9 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 39 injuries
Other tornadoes on August 17, 1985
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1985 | F3 | Kansas | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | Georgia | 10 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | Georgia | 6 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | South Carolina | 3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | Wisconsin | 15 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | South Carolina | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | South Carolina | 3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | North Carolina | 4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.