(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical
Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all
names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every
storm description is given. Years within 60
miles 1871-3bdtsbr,1873bdts,1874,1878bdbr,1879br,1880br,1881br,1882ts,1883,1885,1886bdtsbr,1888tsbr,1893tsbd,1893,1894,1894tsbd,1896bdbr,1899 1901bdts,1904,1906,1910ts,1913,1916ts,1916,1924bdts,1924xtropstbd,1928bdts,1934ts,1941tsbd,1944br,1944bdts,1945tsbr,1946ts,1954, 1956 bdxtropst,1958,1959,1959br,1960bdts,1960br,1963br,1964bdts,1981ts,1982bdsubtropst,1984br,1985tsbd,1989,1996-2br,1996bdxtropst,1998xtropstbd,1999-2br,2002ts,2004,2004ts,2008tsbr 60
times in 140 yrs end of 2011
Names
from list above Hazel,Flossy,Helene,Cindy,Gracie,Donna,Ginny,Dora,Diana,Dennis,kate,Hugo,Bertha,Fran,Floyd,Irene,Josephine,Earl,Kyle, Charley,Gaston,Hanna,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=31, 51.67% H=29, 48.33%
Longest gap between storms 16years 1964-1981
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.33 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (15h)once every 9.33years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 95mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 1 year overdue This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be
affected by that year
Last
affected by 2008 Sept 6th T.S Hanna brushes to the east while moving north with 70mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1874 Sept 28th,a hurricane from the SW with 80mph winds passes overhead 1883 Sept 11th just east with 105mph winds while moving north. 1885 aug 25th 95mph from the SW 1893 Oct 13th ,115mph from the SSWwind field map 1894 sept 27th 75mph from the S.W 1899 oct 31st 95mph from the south just east of here. 1904 sept 14th 75mph cat 1 hits
moderate damage from the S.E 1906 sept 17th, 75mph from the ESE 1913 oct 8th, 75mph weakening to T-Storm from the east 1916 july 14th 80mph from the S.E minor damage.In Georgetown the damage was apparently little worse than stores on the water
front ... North of Georgetown the storm was less severe, though the tide was
very high at Pawleys Island and Murrels Inlet. 1954 Oct 15th Hurricane Hazel just east with 120mph winds while moving North 1958 Sept 27th 130mph just offshore from the south while turning NE towards outer banks. 1959 July 9th, Hurricane Cindy 75mph weakens to a tropical storm while moving in just south from the S.E 1989 Sept 22nd from the S.E 140mph hurricane Hugo litterally flattened francis marion national
forest with gusts to 135mph while passing just south of here. weather map while hitting Puerto Rico setting stage for hit on South Carolina | Newspaper headline | satelite photo| Newspaper headline | more on Hurricane Hugo here | video from show 911
2004 Hurricane Charley hits August 14th with 75mph winds just offshore while moving north,many trees down.
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
Georgetown,South Carolina's history with
tropical systems
