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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1240 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS AN EF-0 TORNADO ON JOHNS
ISLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN THE
JOHNS ISLAND AREA OF CHARLESTON COUNTY AND HAS DETERMINED THAT AN
EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 335 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE
TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF CHISOLM ROAD VERY NEAR
ANGLE OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE TORNADO MOVED QUICKLY EAST AND
CROSSED CHISOLM ROAD AND PORTIONS OF POINT PARK ROAD BEFORE
LIFTING JUST BEHIND SAINT JOHNS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR CHURCH POINT
LANE. TRACK LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE AND THE MAX
WIDTH WAS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF A MILE.

THE TORNADO DAMAGED TREES AS WELL AS SOME SMALL STRUCTURES IN THE
AREA. PORTIONS OF THE FENCE SURROUNDING THE SAINT JOHNS HIGH
SCHOOL STADIUM WERE ALSO DESTROYED.

STRENGTH...... EF-0
PEAK WINDS.... 60-70 MPH
MAX WIDTH..... 0.2 MILE
TRACK LENGTH.. 0.5 MILE

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