Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms for Friday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding Friday and Friday night from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and central Kentucky Friday afternoon into early Friday night. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Read More >

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS A TORNADO IN
EDGEFIELD COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN EDGEFIELD
COUNTY AND FOUND A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES EAST
OF EDGEFIELD TO 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON. RESULTS DETERMINED
THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO INTERMITTENTLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TWO MILE ROAD
AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO NEAR BLAND BAPTIST ROAD. NO DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES WERE OBSERVED...ONLY TREES DOWN. WIND SPEEDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 80 MPH AND THE PATH WAS ABOUT 3.5 MILES IN
LENGTH AND ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE.