Tornado, Spartanburg
- When
- March 11, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, Cherokee Spgs
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -81.900
Tornado in South Carolina, March 11, 2000
A fire chief observed a small and brief tornado touchdown in an open field. No property damage occurred, but there were broken limbs and evidence of a cyclonic circulation in the field.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A fire chief observed a small and brief tornado touchdown in an open field. No property damage occurred, but there were broken limbs and evidence of a cyclonic circulation in the field. The tornado was spawned by one thunderstorm in a line of storms that was moving across the Upstate.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, March 11, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, March 11, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 11 to 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 11 to 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, March 11 to 12, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 11, 2000
- Hail and Strong Wind in Maryland, March 11 to 12, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, March 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 11, 2000
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2000Warnings in South Carolina, March 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5137426.