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Tropical Storm — Kershaw, SC

Sep 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands. The cyclone continued to move to the WNW across the Atlantic Ocean in the ensuing two weeks, undergoing fluctuations in intensity. The cyclone reorganized and strengthened into a category 4 hurricane on Monday, September 10 while centered around 1200 miles SE of th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 780044). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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