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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CENTERVILLE IN ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...CENTERVILLE IN ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA
DATE...JUNE 2 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...426 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90-100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...4.5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.48N / 82.78W
ENDING LAT/LON...34.52 / 82.71
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND WAS RELAYED
  TO THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG FORECAST OFFICE FROM THE DAMAGE
  SURVEY TEAM. ADDITIONAL AND/OR REFINED INFORMATION WILL BE
  PROVIDED LATER TODAY.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC HAS
CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR CENTERVILLE IN ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA ON JUNE 2 2013.

A TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS FOUND BEGINNING IN A FIELD EAST OF LAKE
HARTWELL NEAR HIGHWAY 187. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A FARMSTEAD IN THIS
AREA. THE TORNADO PATH CONTINUED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AND
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO A HOME ALONG BUSBY ROAD. THE
TORNADO PATH CONTINUED OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST WHERE SPORADIC
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF TIFFANY ROAD AND OAK HILL TERRACE.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/GSP.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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