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Tropical Depression — Richland, SC

Jun 20, 2021

Claudette began as an unorganized area of low pressure in the SW Gulf of Mexico. It then tracked north towards the Gulf Coast and eventually strengthened into a Tropical Storm on Saturday morning, June 19th near the Louisiana coast. The cyclone gradually weakened and tracked across N GA and the Piedmont of SC as a Tropical Depression on Sunday, June 20th. The TD caused some locally heavy rain and a few downed trees in central SC. Total rainfall amounts of 1-4 inches were reported across the reg

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 957310). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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