Tropical Storm — Inland Georgetown, South Carolina

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

Event narrative

Slow moving Tropical Storm Ana produced tropical storm force winds with torrential rain for two days along the coast. Winds gusted over 30 kts at times. Rainfall amounts were between three and four inches. A tree was reported down on Sutton Rd near Oatland.

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 583289. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.