Hurricane Irene, 2011
Visible satellite image of Hurricane Irene. Image courtesy of the Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey CA.
Rainfall:
City |
Rainfall(inches) |
|
City |
Rainfall(inches) |
Allendale |
4.70 |
|
Ridgeville |
2.97 |
McClellanville |
2.57 |
|
Givhans |
2.23 |
Fort Moultrie |
1.97 |
|
Charleston City |
1.95 |
Charleston AFB |
1.63 |
|
Beaufort |
1.13 |
Loris |
6.59 |
|
Crabtree Swamp |
5.46 |
Gallivants Ferry |
5.01 |
|
Mullins |
4.90 |
North Myrtle Beach |
4.89 |
|
Georgetown Airport |
4.20 |
Dillon |
3.75 |
|
Hemingway |
3.56 |
Clarks Hill |
6.18 |
|
Newberry |
4.89 |
McCormick |
4.85 |
|
Sandy Run |
4.70 |
Little Mountain |
4.68 |
|
Aiken |
4.38 |
Saluda |
4.36 |
|
Johnston |
4.24 |
Walhalla |
5.06 |
|
Table Rock |
5.03 |
Clinton |
4.88 |
|
Antreville |
4.78 |
Laurens |
4.65 |
|
Calhoun Falls |
4.55 |
Greenwood |
4.54 |
|
Greer |
4.52 |
Winds (mph):
Location |
Peak Winds |
Anderson |
40 |
Charleston AFB |
26 |
Columbia Metro |
26 |
Florence |
33 |
Greenville-Donaldson |
40 |
Greenville-Spartanburg |
32 |
Hilton Head |
36 |
Myrtle Beach |
28 |
Rock Hill |
32 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Special thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its many divisions for the wealth of weather and climate data made available to prepare this report. Specific thanks to:
- National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida
- Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
- National Weather Service Office, Charleston, South Carolina
- National Weather Service Office, Columbia, South Carolina
- National Weather Service Office, Wilmington, North Carolina
Additional thanks to the Naval Research Laboratory Monterey's Marine Meteorology Division for the well-cataloged library of satellite imagery used for this report.