Tropical Storm Elsa (2021): Arriving in early July, Elsa dumped rain across the Carolinas and caused some flooding, but damage from the storm was relatively miminal.Henri stayed far away from the Carolinas but brought dangerous rip currents to the shores of both states. Tropical Storms Fred and Henri (2021): Fred never fully reached the Carolinas, but its remnants did impact their coastlines by creating rip currents and minor thunderstorms.The storm brought much-needed rainfall to the region and little to no damage. Tropical Storm Colin (2022): Colin snuck up on forecasters and didn’t reach tropical storm status until just a few hours before it arrived in Myrtle Beach.Here are the other tropical storms that have hit or come near the Grand Strand since 2017.

More than a few smaller storms also came to Myrtle Beach, such as Tropical Storm Colin, which snuck up on forecasters in early July 2022. 10 marking the official peak date of the season.Other major storms that affected Myrtle Beach WHY THE START DATE OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON WON'T CHANGE ANYTIME SOONĪccording to the NHC, the peak of hurricane season is from mid-August to late October, with Sept. landfall by any tropical cyclone on record, behind only a February 1952 tropical storm that made landfall in Florida, according to Eric Blake, a senior hurricane scientist at the NHC.ĭespite this seven-year streak from 2015 through 2021, the NHC has not yet adjusted the start date of hurricane season, although in 2021, it did begin issuing routine Atlantic tropical weather outlooks on May 15 instead of the usual June 1. Its early-morning landfall on May 10 was the second-earliest U.S. On Mother’s Day weekend in 2015, Tropical Storm Ana – the same name as the 'A' storm in 2021 since Atlantic tropical cyclone name lists are reused every six years – made landfall along the northeastern coast of South Carolina near North Myrtle Beach. It made landfall as a tropical depression on May 29 on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, and dumped heavy rainfall along coastal sections of the Carolinas. Then, Tropical Storm Bonnie became the second pre-season storm of 2016 in May. NASA-MODIS satellite image of Alex at 10:30 a.m. 15 with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. It went on to make landfall as a tropical storm in the Azores on Jan. In 2016, Hurricane Alex formed in January in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. If you thought that was an early start to the season, think again. WHERE TROPICAL STORMS, HURRICANES TYPICALLY OCCUR DURING EACH MONTH OF ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON It was only the second tropical cyclone on record in the Atlantic to form in April Ana in 2003 was the first, according to the NHC. The early start to hurricane season in 2017 was actually in April, when Tropical Storm Arlene developed over the open waters of the central Atlantic Ocean on April 20. Alberto maintained its tropical characteristics all the way into Michigan. Memorial Day 2018 was a memorable one for residents of the Florida Panhandle as Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall near the Bay/Walton County line for the unofficial start of summer. May 2019 had Subtropical Storm Andrea the week before Memorial Day, but it stayed over the open waters of the Atlantic southwest of Bermuda. The track of Tropical Storm Bertha, May 27-28, 2020. NOAA FORECASTS ABOVE-AVERAGE 2022 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON WITH UP TO 21 NAMED STORMS If the outlook verifies, this will mark the seventh-consecutive above-average Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said. These numbers are greater than the 30-year averages (1991-2020) of 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its 2022 hurricane season outlook on Tuesday and expects another very active year in the Atlantic tropics.įorecasters from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center are predicting 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). So, it appears the streak might finally be broken, but that doesn't mean fewer tropical storms and hurricanes will develop over the course of the Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center is not expecting any tropical development in the next five days.

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