Jul 7, 2021
Elsa initially developed as a Tropical Depression over the central tropical Atlantic late in the evening of June 30th, 2021. The system quickly tracked to the west-northwest and became Tropical Storm Elsa on the morning of July 1st, 2021 about 850 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands. Elsa strengthened to a hurricane and crossed the Windward Islands on July 2nd, 2021. Over the next several days, Elsa moved across the eastern Caribbean and weakened back to a Tropical Storm as it interacte
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 969995). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Effingham County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.