Drought, Horry
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Horry forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Drought in South Carolina, August 19, 1999
8 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 8
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Georgetown
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Georgetown forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Drought, Marion
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -79.362 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Williamsburg
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Williamsburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -79.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Dillon
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dillon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.392, -79.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Darlington
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Darlington forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Marlboro
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Marlboro forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.602, -79.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Florence
- When
- August 19, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Florence forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.024, -79.703 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
On this date the entire state of SC was declared a Federal Disaster Area due to continuing hot and dry conditions which continued since July.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, August 19, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 19, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Utah, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in California, August 19, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 19 to 26, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 19, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5719808, 5719809, 5719810, 5719811, 5719812, 5719813, 5719814, 5719815.