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Tornado (EF3) — Aiken, South Carolina
April 10, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
14
Property damage
$5.0M
Tornado scale
EF3
Area
Aiken
Event narrative (NOAA)
The supercell coming out of Richmond county GA spawned another tornado in Aiken county that did widespread damage. Many homes and business were severely damaged. Numerous trees and powerlines were down and there were around a dozen minor injuries. The tornado tracked along hwy 278. There was also one indirect death of a man who crashed trying to avoid trees on the highway and was killed.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.