Heat Wave Persists Over the Central U.S.; Significant Flooding Expected in the Northern Mid-Atlantic Tuesday

Dangerous and extreme heat will remain across portions of the Central U.S. this week, persisting across the Mid to Lower Mississippi Valleys, Gulf Coast, Southern Plains and portions of Texas. A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify late this week. Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding will spread from the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast the next few days. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
252 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS A TORNADO IN BURKE
COUNTY THAT MOVED INTO RICHMOND COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN BURKE AND
RICHMOND COUNTIES. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED LAKE PEARL ROAD AND MOVED
NORTHWARD ACROSS HWY. 56 THEN CROSSING THE COUNTY LINE INTO RICHMOND
COUNTY. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DONE ROVEN
ROAD AND BENNOCK MILL ROAD. RESULTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-2 TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN WITH ESTIMATED WINDS AT 115 MPH. THE LENGTH OF THE PATH
WAS 4 MILES AND THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 342 PM.

THERE WERE SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED NEAR DONE ROVEN ROAD AND BENNOCK
MILL ROAD. A FIFTH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED AND SEVERELY
DAMAGED. THERE WAS ALSO SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN THE
AREA...ESPECIALLY TO A TREE FARM. SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
OFF.

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