Large long period swells generated by Hurricane Earl as it passed by well to the east of the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, resulted in beach erosion at a couple of beach communities.
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 episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Large long period swells generated by Hurricane Earl as it passed by well to the east of the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, resulted in beach erosion at a couple of beach communities.
2 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
A State Official reported that high surf had eroded 30 to 40 feet of sand and was cutting into the dunes near the southern parking area at Folly Beach County Park in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Breakers in the surf zone were estimated to be 7 to 10 feet.
A National Weather Service employee observed mariners attempting to put a 12-foot sailboat into the water, while high surf was bringing 7 to 10 foot breakers into the surf zone at Folly Beach, South Carolina. The mariners lost control of their sailboat and it crashed into the Folly Pier, snapping the boat in half.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, September 2010
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: 254703, 254706.