Tropical Storm Chantal

Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 7, 2025Peak 58 mph1002 mb

Tropical Storm Chantal passed within 50 miles of 8 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Charleston County, SC, as a tropical storm on July 6, 2025.

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Tropical Storm Chantal · 2025

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Chantal on July 5, 2025, about 13 hours before landfall in Horry County, SC.

Tropical Storm Chantal on July 5, 2025, about 13 hours before landfall in Horry County, SC.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the NOAA-20 satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 18:44 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
1002 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
8
NC, SC
Counties within 100 miles
12
NC, SC
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Charleston County, SC, 24.1 mi, Jul 6, 2025
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 stormJul 6, 2025
Georgetown CountySC1.9Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Florence CountySC13.3Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Williamsburg CountySC14.3Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Charleston CountySC24.1Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Brunswick CountyNC25.7Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Berkeley CountySC32.2Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Clarendon CountySC44.5Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Orangeburg CountySC70.7Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Dorchester CountySC72.6Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Calhoun CountySC83.3Tropical stormJul 6, 2025
Colleton CountySC87.9Tropical stormJul 6, 2025

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.