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=== 2020 Tornado === {{main|2020 Easter tornado outbreak}} {{see also|List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)}} In the early morning hours of April 13, 2020, a large, violent [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF4]] [[Tornado]] struck areas just south of Estill. The tornado (which packed winds of 175 [[Miles per hour|MPH]]) killed 5 and injured around 60 people. The nearby community of [[Nixville, South Carolina]] suffered a direct hit from the tornado, and sustained the brunt of the twister's impacts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=US Department of Commerce|first=NOAA|title=Southeast SC/GA Tornadoes - April 13, 2020|url=https://www.weather.gov/chs/Tornadoes-April2020|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=www.weather.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref> The [[Federal Correctional Institution, Estill]] also sustained damage, resulting in many of the prison's inmates being temporarily transferred to the [[United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg]] in [[Lewisburg, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=PennLive|first=John Beauge {{!}} Special to|date=April 16, 2020|title=First inmates from tornado-damaged prison arrive at Lewisburg penitentiary|url=https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/first-inmates-from-tornado-damaged-prison-arrive-at-lewisburg-penitentiary.html|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=pennlive|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BOP: FCI Estill Struck by Tornado|url=https://www.bop.gov/resources/news/20200415_tornado_strikes_fci_estill.jsp|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=www.bop.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pavlo|first=Walter|title=COVID-19 And Natural Disaster Combine For Tragedy At Bureau Of Prisons Facility In Estill, SC|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2020/04/28/covid-19-and-natural-disaster-combine-for-tragedy-at-bureau-of-prisons-facility-in-estill-sc/|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The tornado was the first violent tornado in [[South Carolina]] since 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tripp|first=Drew|date=April 24, 2020|title=Deadly Hampton Co. tornado upgraded to EF-4, first in SC in 25 years|url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/deadly-hampton-co-tornado-upgraded-to-ef-4-first-in-sc-in-25-years|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=WCIV}}</ref>[[Image:EstillWaterTower.jpg|thumb|right|Photo of water tower in downtown Estill, SC]]
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