BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – More than a month after an EF3 tornado touched down in the Fairlawn Barony subdivision, cleanup continued Saturday. People could be seen removing debris and repairing roofs to multiple homes along Dennis Blvd. damaged by the powerful April 13 storm. Trees snapped and uprooted by the tornado have now been cleared and limbs trimmed.
According to the National Weather Service, at 7:38 a.m., the tornado moved east-southeast, generally down Dennis Blvd, eastward across the west branch of the Cooper River, and then east-northeastward across SC-402 and Cane Gully Road where it destroyed a mobile home. Several other homes and structures sustained significant damage in that area as well.
The tornado continued east-northeastward snapping and uprooting trees, with significant damage to at least one home off of Myrtle Lane, and minor roof and siding damage to approximately four additional homes just south of Bullhead Road.
The tornado then dissipated near the intersection of Myrtle Lane and Wright Road. According to the National Weather Service, this tornado was part of a family of tornadoes (more than a dozen) that began more than 100 miles to the southwest in Screven County, Ga.
The tornado was one of three spotted in Berkeley County on April 13. The National Weather Service reports that about ten minutes after the first tornado in the Fairlawn Barony subdivision touched down, a weak tornado (an EF0) began just south of Lem Road, then moved north-northeastward across Lem and Bethera Roads, dissipating just northwest of Bethera. The tornado snapped and uprooted multiple trees along the path, and at least one home along Witherbee Road had a limb blown onto the roof.
A third tornado, an EF1, touched down just south of French Santee Road near Redding Lane at 8 a.m. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado tracked northeastward across French Santee Road near Benjys Trail, dissipating about a mile northeast of the intersection of Guilliard Lake Road and Forest Road 269 in a heavily wooded area. Many trees were snapped and uprooted along the path, with some minor roof damage to one home at the corner of French Santee Road and Benjys Trail.
Last month’s tornado that packed the strongest wind speed, was not the first to touch down in the Fairlawn area of Moncks Corner. On Sept. 3, 1998, a tornado also brought destruction to the area, badly damaging homes, vehicles and trees in its path.
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