The unnamed tropical storm of 1972
Jul 11, 1972 to Jul 13, 1972Peak 40 mph1014 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1972 passed within 50 miles of 6 counties in SC. It was strongest near Horry County, SC, as a subtropical storm on July 12, 1972.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1972
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 40 mph, 35 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1014 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 6
- SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 14
- SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Subtropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 11.8 | Subtropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 25.3 | Subtropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 29.6 | Subtropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 29.9 | Subtropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 36.3 | Subtropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 61.7 | Subtropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 63.0 | Subtropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 69.5 | Subtropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 70.0 | Subtropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 77.3 | Subtropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 82.1 | Subtropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 86.6 | Subtropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 97.7 | Subtropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.