South Carolina, 2006

Tornado in South Carolina, February 4, 2006

February 4, 2006 · NWS CAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Richland

When
February 4, 11:43 AM EST to 11:51 AM EST
Where
Richland County, 10 mi WSW of Blythewood to 10 mi WNW of Blythewood
Rating
F0
Path length
5 mi
Path width
60 yd
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
34.170, -81.133

A small F0 intermittently touched down near SC944 in Richland county and continued to Cedar Lake Drive in Fairfield county. Only trees were taken down.

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2006Warnings in South Carolina, February 2006

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5488598.