I live in Newbeery SC ( Tom Courtney )Vivian Markley is my cuz..... WLTX) - Saturday proved to be one of the worst outbreaks of severe weather in recent years, as tornado warnings and touchdowns were reported all across the Midlands. Related Coverage: (Prosperity Woman Injured in Tornado) | (Long-Standing Church Damage by Tornado) | (Tree Crashes Through Richland County Woman's House) | (Tornado Does Damage Along I-26 in Calhoun County) | (Elgin Storm Victim Says He's Lucky to Be Alive) | (75-Year-Old Woman Survives Encounter with Storm) At least one--in most cases multiple--times throughout the day, every Midlands county has a tornado warning issued for it. As of Saturday night, the number of tornadoes reported to the National Weather Service was six. The tornadoes were reported in the following counties: Newberry, Kershaw, Calhoun, Orangeburg, and two in Clarendon. Send Us Your Storm Photos That number could go up. Investigators with the Weather Service will be out Sunday checking damage reports to see if these were indeed tornadoes, and if there were any more. Prosperity. One of the touchdowns was near the Newberry County town of Prosperity. Heavy damage was reported all throughout that area. Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service say that an EF 3 tornado ripped through Severe damage was reported in Kershaw County near Elgin. (Click Here for More on the Kershaw County Destruction) It's unclear if a tornado was responsible for that damage, but that's what officials there believe. Saluda County and Calhoun Counties have had possible tornado activity. The Calhoun County twister brought down trees in the St. Matthews area near Interstate 26. In Aiken County, officials there believe as many as four tornadoes could have touched down. The National Weather Service has not confirmed that count. Hail has been reported across the Midlands. Near Blythewood, there was a report of hail 1.75 inches thick. High winds not associated with the storm also did damage. In Northeast Richland County's Lake Carolina, downed trees caused damage to a number of homes. WLTX.com will continue to have further updates on these developments. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] E-mail-A-Friend: BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes hitNewberry county > This looks bad for some parts of Newberry County, but not near the Quaker > Cemetery, I don't think. > >> >> >> Comment: >> tornado in newberry >> >> --- >> >> Story: >> BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes hit county >> >> Unconfirmed tornadoes did widespread damage across the county today. >> >> Damage was done from the Laurens County line on Highway 56 through >> Prosperity and Little Mountain. >> >> For more of this story, click on or type the URL below: >> >> http://www.newberryobserver.com/articles/2008/03/15/news/news04.txt >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well, I am assuming you are fine. Since you just moved from Prosperity, did it hit far from where you were living? I had not heard about these. Glad to see you respond before I had time to get worried. Vivian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] E-mail-A-Friend: BREAKING NEWS: TornadoeshitNewberry county I live in Newbeery SC ( Tom Courtney )Vivian Markley is my cuz..... WLTX) - Saturday proved to be one of the worst outbreaks of severe weather in recent years, as tornado warnings and touchdowns were reported all across the Midlands. Related Coverage: (Prosperity Woman Injured in Tornado) | (Long-Standing Church Damage by Tornado) | (Tree Crashes Through Richland County Woman's House) | (Tornado Does Damage Along I-26 in Calhoun County) | (Elgin Storm Victim Says He's Lucky to Be Alive) | (75-Year-Old Woman Survives Encounter with Storm) At least one--in most cases multiple--times throughout the day, every Midlands county has a tornado warning issued for it. As of Saturday night, the number of tornadoes reported to the National Weather Service was six. The tornadoes were reported in the following counties: Newberry, Kershaw, Calhoun, Orangeburg, and two in Clarendon. Send Us Your Storm Photos That number could go up. Investigators with the Weather Service will be out Sunday checking damage reports to see if these were indeed tornadoes, and if there were any more. Prosperity. One of the touchdowns was near the Newberry County town of Prosperity. Heavy damage was reported all throughout that area. Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service say that an EF 3 tornado ripped through Severe damage was reported in Kershaw County near Elgin. (Click Here for More on the Kershaw County Destruction) It's unclear if a tornado was responsible for that damage, but that's what officials there believe. Saluda County and Calhoun Counties have had possible tornado activity. The Calhoun County twister brought down trees in the St. Matthews area near Interstate 26. In Aiken County, officials there believe as many as four tornadoes could have touched down. The National Weather Service has not confirmed that count. Hail has been reported across the Midlands. Near Blythewood, there was a report of hail 1.75 inches thick. High winds not associated with the storm also did damage. In Northeast Richland County's Lake Carolina, downed trees caused damage to a number of homes. WLTX.com will continue to have further updates on these developments. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] E-mail-A-Friend: BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes hitNewberry county > This looks bad for some parts of Newberry County, but not near the Quaker > Cemetery, I don't think. > >> >> >> Comment: >> tornado in newberry >> >> --- >> >> Story: >> BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes hit county >> >> Unconfirmed tornadoes did widespread damage across the county today. >> >> Damage was done from the Laurens County line on Highway 56 through >> Prosperity and Little Mountain. >> >> For more of this story, click on or type the URL below: >> >> http://www.newberryobserver.com/articles/2008/03/15/news/news04.txt >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message