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Tropical Storm — Charleston, SC

Jun 28, 2021

Tropical Storm Danny initially developed as a tropical depression approximately 110 miles off the Southeast United States coast during the morning of June 28th, 2021, slowly tracking west-northwest across warmer gulf stream waters and eventually reaching tropical storm strength at 305 PM on June 28th, 2021 approximately 40 miles off the South Carolina coast. Danny made landfall at 8:00 PM just north of Hilton Head on Pritchards Island, South Carolina with a minimum central pressure of 1010 MB or

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 966476). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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