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Tropical Storm — Coastal Georgetown, SC

Sep 27, 2024

Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Gulf Coast of FL in the Big Bend and weakened to a tropical storm before reaching central GA. The storm then turned northwest across the southern Appalachians before weakening to a tropical depression over eastern TN. Tropical Storm Warnings were issued for all of northeast SC. Limited impacts generally occurred across northeast SC.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1212300). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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