Weak Tornado Confirmed Near Vance, SC

Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Dangerous Heat

Heavy to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast again across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin Tuesday. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 133 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...WEAK SHORT LIVED TORNADO CONFIRMED SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR VANCE SC... A TEAM FROM NWS COLUMBIA SC SURVEYED THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED AROUND 2:27 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 1 MILE ESE OF VANCE SC...AND DETERMINED THAT A WEAK TORNADO...EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...OCCURRED. AN INTERMITTENT EF0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS WIDE...AND WAS ABOUT A HALF A MILE LONG. TWO THIRDS OF A ROOF WAS TORN FROM A MOBILE HOME...AND SEVERAL YARD ITEMS WERE DAMAGED...ON PEACH ORCHARD STREET. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS UP TO 80 MPH. TORNADO DURATION APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE.