South Carolina, 2015

Tropical Depression in South Carolina, May 8 to 9, 2015

May 8 to 9, 2015 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Ana first formed as a subtropical storm late on 5/7/15. Ana gradually developed over the course of the next 24 hours and eventually was classified as a tropical storm.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Ana first formed as a subtropical storm late on 5/7/15. Ana gradually developed over the course of the next 24 hours and eventually was classified as a tropical storm. Ana only had peripheral impacts on southeast South Carolina, including gradient winds that knocked down a couple of trees in the area.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 6:00 PM EST, 21 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:00 PM EST, 21 hours before
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Event by event

2 tropical depression. Local standard time, as filed.

Tropical Depression, Charleston

When
May 8, 3:00 PM EST to 3:01 PM EST
Where
Charleston forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement

Mount Pleasant Police Department reported a large tree down on a car on Long Point Road between Whipple road and Snowden Road.

Tropical Depression, Tidal Berkeley

When
May 9, 2:00 PM EST to 2:01 PM EST
Where
Tidal Berkeley forecast zone
Reported by
Public

One tree reported down on Daniel Island.

What these are

Tropical Depression
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds below 34 knots.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2015The 2015 hurricane season

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: 582216, 582217.