Tropical Storm Dottie

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Tropical Storm Dottie
Tropical Storm Dottie prior to its South Carolina landfall on August 21, 1976
Meteorological history
FormedAugust 18, 1976 (1976-08-18)
DissipatedAugust 21, 1976 (1976-08-21)
Tropical storm
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds50 mph (85 km/h)
Lowest pressure996 mbar (hPa); 29.41 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities4
DamageSoutheast United States, Bahamas
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Part of the 1976 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical Storm Dottie was the ninth tropical cyclone and fourth named storm of the 1976 Atlantic hurricane season. The precursor to Dottie formed in the Gulf of Mexico on August 17 and organized into a tropical depression on August 18. The storm drifted towards the east, and, after peaking as a moderate tropical storm, it accelerated northeastward and made landfall on Florida. Upon re-emerging in the Atlantic, Dottie turned northward and moved ashore near Charleston, South Carolina. Damage from the storm was primarily insignificant and limited to gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and high tides; however, a fishing boat capsized in the Bahamas, resulting in the deaths of four people.