Year | Dates in S.C. |
Landfall Area |
Category | Storm Track Map | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | August 11 | Beaufort, S.C. | H-2 | Track | West-northwest track; 34 dead and $9.9 million of property and crop damage in SC. Hurricane strength winds maintained over most of coast. |
1941 | October 7-8 | Miami, Apalachicola, FL | H-2 | Track | Tropical storm through Ga. and S.C.; out to sea at Charleston, S.C. Heavy rain event. |
1944 | August 1-2 | Wilmington, NC | H-1 | Track | Heavy rains in northeastern S.C. |
1944 | October 19-20 | Edisto Island-Charleston, SC | H-2 | Track | Moved across Fla. into the Atlantic, entered SC as TS. $350, 000 property and crop damage. Heavy rains. |
1945 | June 24-25 | Crystal River, FL | H-1 | Track | Moved across Fla. and to Northeast well offshore; regained strength; gale winds and heavy rains along the S.C. coast. |
1945 | September 17 | Savannah, GA- Hilton Head, SC | H-3 | Track | Moved North out of Fla., offshore then North through S.C. Coastal Plain. High winds, severe flooding, one tornado; $6-7 million damage. |
1946 | July 5 | NC/SC State Line | T.S. | Track | Heavy rain in northeastern, S.C. |
1946 | October 8 | Tampa-St. Petersburg FL. | H-1 | Track | TS through lower Piedmont of S.C. Heavy rain, moderate winds. |
1946 | November 2-3 | Palm Beach, FL | T.S. | Track | Moderate winds and rainfall. |
1947 | September 24 | Cedar Key, FL | T.S. | Track | Moved Northeast as extratropical storm through east-central S.C. |
1947 | October 8 | Jacksonville, FL | T.S. | Track | Circled north and across S.C. upper Piedmont and dissipated. |
1947 | October 15 | Savannah, GA | H-2 | Track | High tides, gale winds, light-to-moderate rainfall. |
1949 | August 28 | Palm Beach, FL | H-3 | Track | North-northeast through west-central S.C. as TS. |