Kershaw County/North Central High School Tornado

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
644 PM EST SUN JAN 12 2020

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1033 PM     TORNADO          9 SSE KERSHAW           34.43N 80.53W
01/11/2020                   KERSHAW            SC   NWS STORM SURVEY

            CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
            NORTH-CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN KERSHAW COUNTY
            AS A RESULT OF AN EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM
            WIND SPEEDS OF 130 MPH. THE TORNADO BEGAN
            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LOCKHART RD AND
            KEYS LN, THEN TRAVELED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
            CAMPUS OF NORTH-CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE
            LIFTING APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE LATER
            BEYOND THE PARKING LOT ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE
            OF THE SCHOOL. THE TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS
            PINE TREES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRACK,
            THEN PARTIALLY COLLAPSED CONCRETE STADIUM
            BLEACHERS AND A PRESS BOX. THE TORNADO
            CONTINUED ACROSS THE GYMNASIUM, LIFTING ALL
            OF THE HVAC UNITS OFF THE ROOF. THE TORNADO
            THEN LIFTED MOST OF THE ROOF OFF OF THE MAIN
            OFFICE AND AN OLDER AUDITORIUM, THEN
            COLLAPSED THE EXTERIOR WALL ALONG A PORTION
            OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE
            TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE PARKING LOT ON
            THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT
            MOVED 4 SCHOOL BUSES, AND RESULTED IN BROKEN
            WINDOWS AND OTHER DAMAGES TO 25-30 PARKED
            SCHOOL BUSES. THE TORNADO THEN DESTROYED A
            SMALL BUILDING JUST BEYOND THE PARKING LOT
            BEFORE LIFTING. STRONG INFLOW INTO THE
            TORNADO ALSO SNAPPED NUMEROUS PINE TREES
            SOUTH OF THE BASEBALL FIELD, COLLAPSED 2
            LARGE LIGHT STANDS NEAR THE BASEBALL FIELD,
            AND LIFTED AND DISPLACED A CONEX SHIPPING
            CONTAINER APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS. THE
            TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 0.50 MILES AND
            THE PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 150 YARDS.


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