MARION — The National Weather Service has rated the tornado that tore a path of destruction through Williamson and Saline counties Tuesday night was an EF2 with peak wind speeds of 125 mph. Two other EF1 tornadoes also struck Williamson County on Tuesday. The EF2 tornado cut a 12.5-mile path through parts of Williamson and…
Record Streak of 283 Days With No Tornado-Related Deaths in the United States Ended Saturday
A record-long streak with no tornado-related deaths in the United States ended Saturday. Preliminary information from the National Weather Service has determined that an EF2 tornado touched down in southern Logan County, Kentucky, killing one person near Dot. That marks the first tornado fatality in the U.S. since May 16, 2017. A separate storm-related death…
Cleanup continues for Laurens County residents in Nate’s aftermath
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — Some Laurens County residents are getting some help, as they clean up the pieces left behind by Sunday’s storms. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado tore through parts of Laurens and Spartanburg counties around 4 p.m. Sunday. Crews surveyed the damage Monday. They found the tornado snapped and uprooted…
NWS: EF2 tornado confirmed in Laurens County
LAURENS — Where one house might have been devastated by the wind, a few doors down houses were undisturbed — it was clear a tornado had touched down in Laurens County, said Joey Avery, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency. The tornado touched down about 4:10 p.m. Sunday near U.S. Highway 221 and S.C.…
10 businesses in Tulsa condemned following tornado damage
OKLAHOMA CITY Ten businesses in a Tulsa shopping district were so badly damaged by a weekend tornado that they have been condemned, including the TGI Fridays and Whataburger restaurants where several people were injured, city officials said Monday. Notices posted by city inspectors prohibit 10 commercial structures located in the Highland Plaza district from being…
Emergency Management: Tulsa tornado was out of city before we could send warning
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency says an EF2 tornado that touched down in Tulsa overnight was gone before the city could send out a warning to citizens. The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that preliminary damage reports suggest an EF2 struck midtown Tulsa around 1:25 a.m. and moved quickly into…
Tornado rips through Orchard Park neighborhoods
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The sun set to the sound of dozens of chainsaws in the Best Street neighborhood of Orchard Park, and on what had been a long, terrifying and destructive day. And despite all the damage, no lives were lost; just a tremendous amount of property. Thursday’s twister — an estimated EF2…
KAYCEE TORNADO RATED EF2; BROUGHT WINDS OF 110-120 MPH ON MONDAY
An outbreak of severe weather brought strong winds and large hail to much of Wyoming on Monday, even resulting in as many as 18 tornadoes across the state. One of those tornadoes touched down two miles west of Kaycee in Johnson County. The National Weather Service has since rated that tornado an EF2 — the…
Category EF2 tornado damages Prosperity
PROSPERITY, S.C. (WACH FOX NEWS) — The National Weather Service of Columbia and the Newberry County Emergency Service confirms that a tornado did touch down in Prosperity, S.C. on Wednesday. The tornado has been classified as an EF2 category and having speeds of at least 110-mph. Crews spent much of Thursday assessing the estimated 10-mile…
National Weather Service confirms EF2 tornado in Stokes County
STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched down five miles northeast of East Bend in Stokes County on Wednesday afternoon. The tornado touched down at 4:52 p.m. The estimated maximum wind speed was 125 mph, according to the NWS. At one point, the tornado was…