Late Sunday March 28th, 2010 Tornado Event

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**Lexington County**
Forest between Cedar Grove Rd and Hwy 378	House on Cedar Grove Rd	House Cedar Grove Rd	Ice Box Rd
Ice Box Rd	Lake Murray (aerial)	Mobile Home	Utopia School Rd

**Rural Southern Edgefield County**
Property Damage Pic 1	Property Damage Pic 2	Property Damage Pic 3	Property Damage Pic 4
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
   
.TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON  
.DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
            ..REMARKS..  

  
506 PM      TORNADO          8 NNW MARTINEZ          33.63N 82.12W   
03/28/2010                   MCCORMICK          SC   NWS STORM SURVEY  
  
            AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE MCCORMICK   
            COUNTY LINE IN THE SUMTER NATIONAL FOREST AND TOOK DOWN   
            SOME TREES AND MOVED EAST NORTHEAST INSIDE EDGEFIELD   
            COUNTY NEAR GARRETT ROAD AND TOOK DOWN SOME TREES IN THAT  
            AREA AS WELL. A MOTORIST STOPPED AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE ON   
            I-20 SNAPPED A PICTURE OF THE TORNADO AS HE LOOKED NORTH   
            NORTHWEST INTO MCCORMICK AND EDGEFIELD COUNTIES.


1024 PM     TORNADO          8 NNE MARTINEZ          33.63N 82.04W   
03/28/2010                   EDGEFIELD          SC   NWS STORM SURVEY  
  
            AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON HWY 230 AND STEVENS CREEK   
            TAKING DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES. TWO HOMES WERE  
            DAMAGED AS WAS A MOBILE HOME. A TREE FELL ONTO A MOTOR   
            HOME AND SEVERELY DAMAGED IT AS WELL. THE TORNADO WAS ON   
            THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 6 MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING AND   
            REFORMING OVER BATESBURG-LEESVILLE SC.


1045 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 SSW EDGEFIELD        33.64N 82.00W   
03/28/2010                   EDGEFIELD          SC   UTILITY COMPANY   
  
            WIND DAMAGE ON POWER LINES NEAR MARTINTOWN RD AND BRIGGS   
            RD INTERSECTION 


1124 PM     HAIL             10 SSW PARKSVILLE       33.67N 82.31W   
03/28/2010  E1.00 INCH       COLUMBIA           GA   PUBLIC            
  
            PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON RIDGE ROAD.


1125 PM     TORNADO          5 N LEESVILLE           33.99N 81.50W   
03/28/2010                   LEXINGTON          SC   NWS STORM SURVEY  
  
            STORM WAS EF2. MAX WIND 125 MPH. PATH LENGTH 6 MILES.   
            PATH WIDTH 1/8 MILE TO 1/4 MILE. PATH FROM 33.99316   
            -81.50125 TO 34.040218 -81.434685. TOUCHDOWN AT 1125 PM   
            NEAR RIDGE RD AND STORM DISSIPATED OVER LAKE MURRAY NEAR   
            WINDJAMMER DRIVE.

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEESVILLE               33.92N 81.51W   
03/28/2010                   LEXINGTON          SC   EMERGENCY MNGR    
  
            HOUSE ON CEDAR GROVE ROAD LOST PART OF ROOF. FOUR HOMES   
            DAMAGED ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE. POWER LINES DOWN. MULTIPLE   
            TREES DOWN. ROADS CLOSED.


1203 AM     TORNADO          9 SSW WINNSBORO         34.26N 81.18W   
03/29/2010                   FAIRFIELD          SC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS  
  
            THE SUPERCELL THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADOES IN EDGEFIELD   
            AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES PRODUCED ANOTHER SMALL EF0 TORNADO  
            IN SOUTHWEST FAIRFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN LANDIS AND JACKSON   
            CREEK ROADS TAKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES.

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