The weather this week will be nothing like Saturday morning’s storms, which produced a tornado in Cherokee County.
Though rain is in the forecast Monday afternoon and evening, there is no expectation of severe weather, Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brad Nitz said.
It is expected to be cloudy Monday with an 80 percent chance of showers, Nitz said. Highs will remain in the mid-50s before dropping into the 40s Wednesday.
“We should quickly clear out for Tuesday with mostly sunny skies,” he said.
But Saturday morning was a different story. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado in Cherokee County, near Waleska. The twister had winds of 80 miles per hour and struck about 7:30 a.m., said Matthew Sena, of the Weather Service. Preliminary reports show the tornado was about three miles long and 10 yards wide.
“It was not on a continuous path, but there was sporadic damage as it bounced around,” Sena said of the tornado.
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