Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Saluda County, South Carolina, September 16, 2004
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length6 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.07, -81.73) to the end point (34.15, -81.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- September 16, 2004, 2:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- South Carolina
- Counties
- Saluda County
- Path
- 6 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Other tornadoes on September 16, 2004
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2004 | F2 | Georgia | 2 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F2 | Georgia | 5.5 mi | 50 yd | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 7 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 3.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 7 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 7.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 1 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 1.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | South Carolina | 4.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 6 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F1 | Georgia | 7 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Alabama | 0.2 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 35 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Florida | 5.5 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Georgia | 2 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Florida | 0.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Georgia | 2 mi | 1 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | South Carolina | 6 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Georgia | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | Georgia | 0.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | South Carolina | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | South Carolina | 0.1 mi | 15 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | South Carolina | 5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | South Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.