Year | Dates in S.C. |
Landfall Area |
Category | Storm Track Map | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | Sept. 22-23 | Wilmington, NC | H-1 | Track | Weakening tropical storm, rain squalls northwest S.C. |
1924 | 16-Sep | Panama City, FL | H-1 | Track | Moved out to sea at Savannah, Ga.; along coast as TS. Winds and rain, lower S.C. coast. |
1924 | 29-Sep | Cedar Key, FL | T.S. | Track | Northeast across coastal S.C. as extratropical storm. |
1927 | October 2-3 | Savannah, GA | T.S. | Track | 50 mph winds at Charleston, S.C.; rain. |
1928 | August 10-11 | Melbourne, FL | H-2 | Track | Passed northeast over S.C. Piedmont as extratropical storm; heavy rain, wind, two tornadoes. |
1928 | September 18 | Melbourne, FL | H-4 | Track | Recurved northeast across lower Coastal Plain, Jacksonville, Fla. to Greenville, N.C.. At hurricane strength into S.C.; TS into Pa. Five dead. 10-12 inches of rain; severe flooding; $4-6 million damage. |
1929 | October 1-2 | Apalachicola, FL | H-3 | Track | Entered S.C., Aiken area, as extratropical storm. Heavy rains on already-saturated soil caused severe flooding. |