May 29, 2016
Bonnie first developed as a Tropical Depression in the western Atlantic just north of the Bahamas on May 27th. The system then tracked in a general northwestward direction and strengthened into a Tropical Storm. Bonnie made landfall as a Tropical Depression in the morning on May 29th on the Isle of Palms in Charleston County. The main impact from Bonnie was torrential rainfall across portions of southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Storm total rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches occurr
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 638888). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Charleston County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.