A couple of supercell thunderstorms moved through the CSRA and produced a tornado at the Savannah River Site. Other storms took down trees and damaged mobile homes and frame built homes.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A couple of supercell thunderstorms moved through the CSRA and produced a tornado at the Savannah River Site. Other storms took down trees and damaged mobile homes and frame built homes.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 16, 1:59 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An intense microburt took down trees and powerlines and overturned two mobile homes twice. Damage also occurred to a garage/workshop and other outbuildings.
NWS Storm Survey Team and SRS Emergency Management confirmed an EF0 tracked through the Savannah River Site taking down trees and overturning a few outbuildings. Damage was mainly in the woods and along a couple of roads.
Sheriff reported trees down in the Barnwell area.
Sheriff reported trees down in the Blackville area.
Sheriff reported trees down in the Hilda area.
Sheriff and NWS Storm Survey found trees down from Olar to Hwy 301 on Hwy 64.
Storm survey found significant damage to Browns Chapel Church. The steeple was blown off, several windows were blown out from the wind getting in on the southwest side, and several trees were down. Shingles, facia, and soffett were also torn off.
Sheriff reported trees down in the Elloree area near Hwy 6 and Hampton Street.
Storm Survey found an intense microburst destroyed a garage/workshop and took down numerous trees. Shingles, facia, and soffett were also torn off the home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2011Warnings in South Carolina, November 2011
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: 348353, 348355, 348358, 348359, 348361, 348364, 348366, 348363, 348369.