Tropical Storm Danny, fourth named storm of the season, forms at South Carolina’s doorstep

Alex Harris
·1 min read

South Carolina will see Tropical Storm Danny’s winds and rain Monday evening.

The National Hurricane Center upgraded the depression into the fourth named storm of the season in a 3:05 p.m. update on Monday, at which point the depression was only 45 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and headed west at about 16 mph. It’s expected to make landfall later Monday.

A tropical storm warning was issued for a portion of the coast of South Carolina from Edisto Beach northeastward to South Santee River.

The hurricane center first starting tracking the fast-forming disturbance on Sunday. It’s expected to bring a few inches of rain, gusty winds and some flooding to the coastal region, as well as a strong riptide.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical depression and a disturbance in the far western Atlantic.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical depression and a disturbance in the far western Atlantic.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic, forecasters are watching a low-pressure area associated with a tropical wave. The disturbance has been making its way across the Atlantic for several days at about 20 mph. It was a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands as of the 2 p.m. update.

It could reach the Lesser Antilles by Wednesday evening, but it has a low chance of strengthening into a tropical depression.

Forecasters gave it a 20% chance of forming in the next two days and 40% in the next five, a slight increase from the 2 a.m. update.

NOAA is predicting another active season, although not quite as active as 2020’s record-breaking 30 storms.