Tropical Storm — Coastal Georgetown, South Carolina

2015-05-09 to 2015-05-10 · Coastal Georgetown, South Carolina

Event narrative

Slow moving Tropical Storm Ana produced tropical storm force winds with torrential rain for two days along the coast. Reports of wind gusts near 35 kts were noted. Rainfall amounts were between three to nearly five inches.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure offshore of the Carolinas deepened and was classified as a Tropical Storm on May 8th. The storm slowly drifted northwest and tropical storm conditions were experienced along the coast from May 9th to the evening of May 10th. Torrential rain caused street flooding with sporadic reports of trees down. The storm made landfall the morning of May 10th along the NC/SC border.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 583288. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.