Tropical Storm — Coastal Chatham, Georgia

2022-09-29 to 2022-09-30 · Coastal Chatham, Georgia

Event narrative

Chatham County Emergency Management reported 12 trees and 5 power lines down at scattered locations across Chatham County. The reports came in from the evening hours on 9/29 through the early morning on 9/30. Also, persistent, strong, and large rip currents were reported on Tybee Island on 9/29.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Depression Nine developed in the eastern Caribbean in the morning of Friday, September 23rd. The system steadily strengthened as it tracked to the northeast and became Hurricane Ian in the morning of Monday, September 26th. After making landfall and moving across western Cuba, Ian emerged into the eastern Gulf of Mexico and strengthened into a major hurricane. Ian then made landfall along the southwest Florida coast on Wednesday, September 28th and tracked northeastward across the Florida peninsula. Ian moved into the far western Atlantic as a tropical storm, but quickly strengthened back to a hurricane. Ian then made landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Georgetown, SC at 2:05 pm on Friday, September 30th. Overall, Ian brought minor impacts to southeast Georgia, primarily in the form of gusty winds that produced minor wind damage mainly to trees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1058216. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.