Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Edgefield County, South Carolina, May 5, 2003

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length3 mi

Width150 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.82, -81.82) to the end point (33.82, -81.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 5, 2003, 11:34 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: South Carolina
Counties: Edgefield County
Path: 3 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 5, 2003

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 5, 2003	F3	Tennessee	1.6 mi	700 yd	2
May 5, 2003	F1	Tennessee	4 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F1	Tennessee	0.2 mi	70 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F1	Tennessee	3 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F1	Kentucky	6 mi	300 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F1	Tennessee	3.3 mi	150 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F1	Michigan	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Mississippi	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.8 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	30 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	4 mi	200 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.3 mi	30 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 5, 2003	F0	South Carolina	0.1 mi	30 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.