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Flash Flood — Dorchester, SC

Sep 30, 2022

Tropical Depression Nine developed in the eastern Caribbean in the morning of Friday, September 23rd. The system steadily strengthened as it tracked to the northeast and became Hurricane Ian in the morning of Monday, September 26th. After making landfall and moving across western Cuba, Ian emerged into the eastern Gulf of Mexico and strengthened into a major hurricane. Ian then made landfall along the southwest Florida coast on Wednesday, September 28th and tracked northeastward across the Flori

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1058159). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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