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Three tornadoes confirmed from Thursday morning storms
COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — The National Weather Service confirmed one EF-1 tornado and two EF-0 tornadoes touched down in Newberry and Fairfield Counties Thursday morning. The EF-1 tornado tracked 3 miles south-southwest of Ridgeway, packing winds as strong as 100 mph as it crossed over I-77. Another tornado briefly...
FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Few more storms this evening
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – There’s a chance of some more thunderstorms this evening, but the weekend looks wonderful. · There’s a Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 9pm tonight for portions of the Midlands. · Upper 70s for Saturday with mostly sunny skies and Mother’s Day looks...
Early morning storms cause Fairfield County school delays, damage in Midlands
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Severe storms moving through the state overnight has caused some trouble Thursday morning. Out of an abundance of caution, Fairfield County School District is on a two-hour delay. Students and staff should report two hours later as there are unconfirmed reports of tornado damage in the Ridgeway area. Trees are down and there have been areas of power outages reported. There was a tornado warning issued for that area earlier this morning.
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