Drought, Beaufort
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Drought in South Carolina, August 1 to 31, 1999
Drought conditions persisted across south coastal South Carolina, causing state officials to declare a moderate drought.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Drought conditions persisted across south coastal South Carolina, causing state officials to declare a moderate drought.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Berkeley
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 33.198, -79.951 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Charleston
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Drought, Northern Colleton
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Colleton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Southern Colleton
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Colleton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Drought, Dorchester
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -80.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hampton
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Hampton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 32.776, -81.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Jasper
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Drought, Allendale
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Allendale forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 32.988, -81.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 18, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 1, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 11, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5710173, 5710174, 5710175, 5710176, 5710177, 5710178, 5710179, 5710180, 5711554.