Hurricane Florence
Aug 30, 2018 to Sep 18, 2018Peak 150 mph937 mb
Hurricane Florence passed within 50 miles of 41 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Hyde County, NC, as a Category 2 on September 14, 2018.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Florence · 2018
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Florence on September 13, 2018, about 17 hours before landfall in New Hanover County, NC.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 41
- GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 76
- GA, NC, 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 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 6.9 | Category 1 |
| Florence County | SC | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 16.7 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 31.4 | Category 2 |
| Robeson County | NC | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 35.3 | Category 1 |
| Duplin County | NC | 36.0 | Category 1 |
| Screven County | GA | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 40.1 | Category 2 |
| Craven County | NC | 42.8 | Category 2 |
| Marlboro County | SC | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 55.9 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 57.3 | Category 2 |
| Jasper County | SC | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 58.8 | Category 1 |
| Lancaster County | SC | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 65.8 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 65.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 73.0 | Category 2 |
| Richmond County | NC | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 77.9 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 79.0 | Category 2 |
| Johnson County | GA | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 79.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 79.3 | Category 1 |
| Johnston County | NC | 81.1 | Category 1 |
| Anson County | NC | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 86.6 | Category 1 |
| Moore County | NC | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 93.7 | Category 2 |
| Bryan County | GA | 93.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 95.6 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | GA | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 99.4 | Tropical 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.