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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
440 PM EDT MON APR 10 2006

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS THREE TORNADOES IN THE 
CHARLESTON METRO AREA...

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 
OFFICE IN CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA SURVEYED DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED 
FROM A SEVERE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF 
CHARLESTON COUNTY AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN DORCHESTER AND 
SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTIES BETWEEN 345 PM AND 515 PM SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IMPACTED MANY COMMUNITIES 
THROUGHOUT THE AREA. SOME OF THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE 
COMMUNITIES OF ADAMS RUN AND WEST ASHLEY AND ON DANIEL ISLAND. 
TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN EACH OF THESES 
AREA.

...ADAMS RUN - TRACK REVIEW...
A LARGE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF 
CHARLESTON COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN COLLETON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY 
OF JACKSONBORO SHORTLY AFTER 345 PM. THE SUPERCELL MOVED RAPIDLY 
EAST AT 45 MPH INTO THE COMMUNITY OF ADAMS RUN BY 350 PM AND 
PRODUCED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ALONG 
WILLTOWN ROAD NEAR MINNIE HUGHS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHORTLY BEFORE 
355 PM. HERE THE TORNADO BLEW DOWN AND SNAPPED POWERLINES AND 
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES INCLUDING SEVERAL LARGE GRAND OAKS. HIGH WINDS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO ALSO PARTIALLY COLLAPSED A HOUSE... 
POSSIBLY INJURING ONE PERSON INSIDE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE 
EAST AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 174 JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH 
MOFFETT ROAD. HERE SEVERAL LARGE GRAND OAKS WERE SNAPPED AND 
UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO AN OPEN FARM FIELD WHERE 
IT DAMAGED MORE TREES. THE TORNADO FINALLY MOVED ACROSS TOOGOODOO 
ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OAKVILLE ROAD AND SLIGHTLY DAMAGED 
SEVERAL HOMES BEFORE LIFTING.

THE DAMAGE TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF 
OBSERVED DAMAGE IN THE ADAMS RUN AREA THAT THIS TORNADO REACHED THE 
HIGH END RANGE OF AN F1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 100-110 MPH.

-- TORNADO STATISTICS --
LOCATION...         ADAMS RUN SC
F-SCALE RATING...   F1
ESTIMATED WINDS...  100-110 MPH
TORNADO WIDTH...    200-300 FT
TORNADO LENGTH...   2.5 MILES

...WEST ASHLEY /CITY OF CHARLESTON/ - TRACK REVIEW...THE SUPERCELL 
THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR ADAMS RUN REACHED THE WEST 
ASHLEY AREA OF CHARLESTON AROUND 420 PM AND SPAWNED A BRIEF TORNADO 
IN THE AVENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND 425-430 PM. THE TORNADO TOUCHED 
DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COBURG ROAD AND HIGHWAY 17 /SAVANNAH 
HIGHWAY/...MOVED QUICKLY ACROSS HIGHWAY 17 AND LIFTED NEAR THE 
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 17 AND MAGNOLIA ROAD. THE TORNADO BLEW OUT 
WINDOWS IN SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND BLEW DOWN SEVERAL LARGE TREES. 
SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALSO SUFFERED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. SEVERAL 
PEOPLE WITNESSED THE TORNADO AS IT MOVED ACROSS HIGHWAY 17 AND 
DESCRIBED THE TORNADO AS VERY THIN AND ROPE LIKE.

THE DAMAGE TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE 
OBSERVED DAMAGE IN THE WEST ASHLEY AREA THAT THIS TORNADO LIKELY 
REACHED THE HIGH END RANGE OF AN F0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 
60-70 MPH.

-- TORNADO STATISTICS --
LOCATION...         WEST ASHLEY /CITY OF CHARLESTON/ SC
F-SCALE RATING...   F0
ESTIMATED WINDS...  60-70 MPH
TORNADO WIDTH...    100 FEET
TORNADO LENGTH...   200-300 YARDS.

...DANIEL ISLAND /BERKELEY COUNTY/ - TRACK REVIEW...THE NORTHERN 
EXTENT OF THE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS DANIEL ISLAND 
BETWEEN 420 PM AND 435 PM AND PRODUCED A TORNADO. THE TORNADO 
FORMED BETWEEN 420 AND 425 PM JUST NORTH OF THE ISLAND PARK 
DRIVE/RIVER LANDING DRIVE INTERSECTION. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST AND 
BROKE OUT THE FRONT GLASS DOOR OF A WEST FACING BUSINESS ON ISLAND 
PARK DRIVE. NUMEROUS OTHER WEST FACING GLASS DOORS AND WINDOWS WERE 
NOT IMPACTED. THE TORNADO THEN MAINLY TRAVELED ACROSS A POND AND A 
GRASS COVERED FIELD UPROOTING A COUPLE TREES BEFORE HITTING THE 
FAMILY CIRCLE TENNIS CENTER AND THEN LIFTING. 

AT THE TENNIS CENTER...TWO VERY LARGE BANNERS WERE SEVERELY 
DAMAGED...TWO HEAVY DUTY TENTS WERE TOPPLED...A METAL SUPPORT BEAM 
FROM ONE OF THE TENTS WAS SNAPPED IN TWO AND ONE PANEL OF THE TENNIS 
CENTER SCOREBOARD WAS DAMAGED. TWO LARGE DRUMS FILLED WITH WATER AND 
WEIGHTING ABOUT 300 POUNDS THAT WERE USED TO THE HOLD THE TENTS DOWN 
WERE MOVED ABOUT 12 FEET. IN ADDITION...A TEMPORARY LIGHT DISPLAY 
DAMAGED A VEHICLE WHEN THE TORNADO KNOCKED IT DOWN ONTO A VEHICLE.
 
THE DAMAGE TEAM DETERMINED THAT BASED ON THE OBSERVED DAMAGE THAT 
THIS TORNADO LIKELY REACHED THE UPPER END OF AN F0 TORNADO WITH 
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60-70 MPH. 

-- TORNADO STATISTICS --
LOCATION...         DANIEL ISLAND /BERKELEY COUNTY/ SC 
F-SCALE RATING...   F0
ESTIMATED WINDS...  60-70 MPH
TORNADO WIDTH...    140 FEET
TORNADO LENGTH...   400 YARDS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WISHES TO THANK THE 
CITIZENS OF CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...THE CHARLESTON 
BROADCAST AND PRINT MEDIA...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS...AND THE FAMILY CIRCLE TENNIS CENTER FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.

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