November 5, 2002

3 W Abbeville-3 NE Abbeville The supercell thunderstorm which spawned the tornado in Dale County, produced another tornado which touched down just west of U.S. Highway 431, and tore through the center of Abbeville. It destroyed several single-family homes and mobile homes, and severely damaged numerous other homes and businesses, including the high school. Uprooted trees and power lines littered city streets, with nearly 2,000 residents without electricity. Twenty people were injured, with a half of those hospitalized. A man died when the tornado destroyed his home on Rock Hill Circle. Start: 31. 57 00/-85. 30 00 End:  31. 6 0 00/-85. 22 00

NWS EF Scale: F2

Part of 6-tornado outbreak on November 5, 2002