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Tornado Warning — Allendale, SC — Oct 10, 2026

NWS CHS · ETN 9 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Allendale — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office CHS issued a tornado warning at 20:27 UTC on Oct 10, 2026 covering Allendale, SC. The warning was in effect for 19 minutes, ending at Oct 10, 2026 20:46 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 32.96, -81.41, moving north-northeast at about 24 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
3 N Appleton Allendale, SC EF1° NWS Survey Team confired an EF-1 tornado in northern Allendale County. A tornado touched down in the wooded area between Miller Creek Road and Yackin Road... rapidly mo (CHS)
3 N Appleton Allendale, SC Unrated 911 call center reported numerous trees and power lines down along Miller Creek Rd. Damage was likely due to a tornado. Time was estimated via radar data. (CHS)
3 NNE Appleton Allendale, SC Unrated Tornado crossing Miller Creek Rd on live stream... which resulted in downed trees and powerlines. (CHS)
1 WSW Kline Barnwell, SC EF1° NWS storm survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado in southern Barnwell County. A tornado developed south of Boiling Springs Rd... east of Shepherd Rd.... moved to the nor (CAE)
1 WSW Kline Barnwell, SC Unrated Storm spotters showed video of tornado on the ground west of Kline. Radar confirmed debris as well. (CAE)
2 NNW Kline Barnwell, SC EF1° NWS survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Barnwell County. A tornado developed along Hwy 278 south of Mount Olive Cir... then continued north into the City of Barnwe (CAE)
3 NNW Barnwell Barnwell, SC Unrated Storm spotters showed video of tornado on the ground near highway 37. Radar confirmed debris as well. (CAE)
5 SSW Elko Barnwell, SC Unrated Storm Spotters reported tornado northwest on Barnwell along 278. Radar confirmed debris as well. (CAE)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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