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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
454 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 05/03/2025 Tornado Event Update #1...

.Update...Lowesville, North Carolina tornado has been added.

.Easley Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.71 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   25 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/03/2025
Start Time:             09:56 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 SW Easley / Pickens County / SC
Start Lat/Lon:          34.8003 / -82.6144

End Date:               05/03/2025
End Time:               10:03 PM EDT
End Location:           1 ESE Easley / Pickens County / SC
End Lat/Lon:            34.8088 / -82.5679

Survey Summary:
An EF-0 tornado touched down along Adger Road and moved across
the south side of Easley. The tornado crossed several residential
neighborhoods where numerous large limbs were snapped and several
pine trees were uprooted. The tornado dissipated over a
neighborhood near Crestview Road.

.Lowesville Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    70 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.36 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/04/2025
Start Time:             12:43 AM EDT
Start Location:         1 NE Lowesville / Lincoln County / NC
Start Lat/Lon:          35.4326 / -80.9865

End Date:               05/04/2025
End Time:               12:46 AM EDT
End Location:           2 ENE Lowesville / Lincoln County / NC
End Lat/Lon:            35.4281 / -80.9632

Survey Summary:
A very brief and weak EF-0 tornado touched down just west of
Killian Farm Road. The tornado snapped a tree along with multiple
large limbs. The tornado continued southeast crossing Caswell
Road where additional limbs were snapped. The tornado dissipated
in a wooded area long Highway 73 just west of the Catawba River.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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