SPC Stats
Path length: 9 miles
Width:Β 100 yards
Fatalities:Β 0
Injuries:Β 39
Rating:Β F2
County:Β Spartanburg
Hurricane Danny came ashore near Pecan Island, LA on August 16, 1985. Β It quickly decreased in intensity as it tracked through the southeast. Numerous tornadoes were confirmed from August 15-17. Β Per a Monthly Weather Review article, there were 3 tornadoes on the 15th and 40+ on the 16th. Β βThe actual number of tornadoes may have exceeded 40, although due to the lack of a comprehensive aerial damage survey, an exact figure cannot be given.β Β Per the SPC database, there were 7 tornadoes that spanned across GA and the Carolinas on August 17. Β This included an F2 that caused extensive damage in Spartanburg County, SC.
Per Storm Data, this tornado moved 9 miles from NW Spartanburg through Valley Falls to near Pacolet River. Β 9 homes and 38 mobile homes were destroyed.Β 125 homes and mobile homes, 4 businesses, a tractor-trailer, 2 box cars and many automobiles were damaged.Β There were 39 injuries.Β Β
Tornado Path
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SPC coordinates: Β Start: 34.97 / -82.00Β Β End:Β 35.10 / -81.92Β Β Β Β
Note: Β Exact tornado path may not be straight and/or continuous.
Newspaper Clippings
Sources:
August 1985 Storm Data Publication
Louisiana Hurricane History – NWS
South Carolina State Climatology Office
Observations of the Hurricane “Danny” Tornado Outbreak of 16 August 1985
Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. Page 1270.
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