Tropical Storm Ana

May 6, 2015 to May 12, 2015Peak 58 mph998 mb

Tropical Storm Ana passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in SC. It was strongest near Horry County, SC, as a tropical storm on May 10, 2015.

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Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Ana · 2015

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Ana on May 9, 2015, about 15 hours before landfall in Horry County, SC.

Tropical Storm Ana on May 9, 2015, about 15 hours before landfall in Horry County, SC.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 18:42 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
58 mph, 50 kt
Lowest pressure
998 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
5
SC
Counties within 100 miles
12
SC
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Horry County, SC, 0.0 mi, May 10, 2015
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Horry CountySC0.0Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Georgetown CountySC17.9Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Florence CountySC29.6Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Williamsburg CountySC29.9Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Charleston CountySC46.1Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Berkeley CountySC52.4Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Clarendon CountySC61.7Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Sumter CountySC63.0Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Lee CountySC69.5Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Orangeburg CountySC85.5Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Dorchester CountySC93.5Tropical stormMay 10, 2015
Calhoun CountySC98.9Tropical stormMay 10, 2015

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.