Dec 17, 2023
A low pressure system developed over the Gulf of Mexico and tracked northeast across the Florida Peninsula in the early morning hours of December 17th, then strengthened across warm Atlantic waters while passing along the Southeast Coast, bringing impacts in the form of major coastal flooding, flash flooding, strong winds and high surf across southeast South Carolina. ||Major coastal flooding occurred along the southeast South Carolina coast, with the Charleston Harbor Tide Gage (CHTS1) reaching
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1153580). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Southern Colleton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.