NWS issued this account of Oconee’s tornado

The following is a PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT MON APR 13 2020

…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR EF3 TORNADO EVENT…

START LOCATION…3 SSE WESTMINSTER IN OCONEE COUNTY SC
END LOCATION…2 W CENTRAL IN PICKENS COUNTY SC
DATE…04/13/2020
ESTIMATED TIME…03:20 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF3
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…160 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…900.0 YARDS
PATH LENGTH…16.66 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON…34.6175 / -83.0834
ENDING LAT/LON…34.7329 / -82.8263
* FATALITIES…1
* INJURIES…?

…SUMMARY…
A LARGE AND SIGNIFICANT TORNADO PASSED THROUGH PARTS OF OCONEE
AND PICKENS COUNTIES EARLY MONDAY MORNING, BEGINNING SOUTH OF
WESTMINSTER, AND ENDING NORTH OF CLEMSON. MAXIMUM STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND A LARGE WAREHOUSE IN THE AREA INDICATE PEAK
WINDS NEAR 160 MPH, FOR A STRONG EF3 RATING. DAMAGE EXISTS OVER A
WIDE SWATH, AND THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS AT LEAST A HALF MILE. (The Seneca mayor last night issued the following guesstimate:  Around 100 homes in the Seneca area have sustained major damage)
THERE IS ONE KNOWN FATALITY, NUMEROUS INJURIES, AND 2 PEOPLE STILL
MISSING AT THE TIME OF THIS STATEMENT.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.  (The information is preliminary and subject to change pending a final review and publication in the NWS storm data.)