There was a tornado that hit at St Stephen in Berkeley in the Greater Charleston, SC, area, on April 16, 2011. It hit at 5:03 pm EDT and lasted until 5;14. It was EF-1 with maximum wind speed of 105-110MPH making a path 8 miles long and 120 yards wide.
Damages:
There was significant tornado damage in and around Logansport IN in 1965. The 2011 tornado there resulted in no deaths or injuries. See link below.
March 28, 1984 was a bad day for North and South Carolina. Eight counties in South Carolina and seventeen counties in North Carolina had serious tornado damage from thirteen tornadoes. Including Georgia, there were 57 deaths, and 1249 injuries.
There were 26 tornadoes in North Carolina in 2010. Only the 4 strongest will be listed.An EF3 tornado northwest of High Point on March 28 resulted in no recorded deaths or injuries, but caused nearly $11 million worth of damage.An EF2 tornado in Spencer (near Salisbury) on March 28 injured 5 people and cost $1.75 million.An EF2 tornado in the Claremont area on October 26 cost $6.6 million.An EF2 tornado in Lincoln county on October 26 injured 11 people and cost $1.2 million.
Tornadoes affect North Carolina in much the same way the affect other states. They cause damage, destruction, and power outages on a localized scale. Because it is not as tornado-prone as other States, North Carolina does not allocate as many resources to tornado preparation.
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"Light damage" is the term used to describe the damage caused by an F0 tornado.
it depends on the tornado damage
Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.
The longest tornado damage path on record is 219 miles.
There is no difference. A tornado and a twister are the same thing.
The damage is surveyed and where damage boundaries are is noted. This is the used to show how wide the tornado is. Note that the size is not a factor in how the tornado is rated but how intense the damage is.
Unfortunately there is no way to prevent tornado damage, but it can be reduced with improved building standards.