Supplementary Table 1. Observed land-falling tropical cyclones in the Southeast United States (1979-2000). Maximum accumulated storm rainfall amounts are obtained from http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tcrainfall.html

Storm Name / Dates / Classification / Maximum accumulated storm rainfall (inches)
David / 9/2/1979-9/7/1979 / Hurricane / 15.45
Frederic / 9/9/1979-9/14/1979 / Hurricane / 11.0
Dennis / 8/15/1981-8/15/1981 / Tropical Storm / 25.56
Barry / 8/24/1983-8/26/1983 / Hurricane / 3.01
Diana / 9/9/1984-9/15/1984 / Hurricane / 18.98
Isidore / 9/26/1984-9/30/1984 / Tropical Storm / 8.9
Bob / 7/21/1985-7/27/1985 / Hurricane / 21.5
Elena / 8/28/1985-9/6/1985 / Hurricane / 15.67
Isabel / 10/10/1985-10/15/1985 / Tropical Storm / 3.38
Juan / 10/26/1985-11/3/1985 / Hurricane / 17.78
Kate / 11/19/1985-11/22/1985 / Hurricane / 8.32
Charley / 8/12/1986-8/17/1986 / Hurricane / 8.61
Floyd / 10/9/1987-10/14/1987 / Hurricane / 10.07
Chris / 8/27/1988-8/30/1988 / Tropical Storm / 7.64
Florence / 9/9/1988-9/10/1988 / Tropical Storm / 10.67
Keith / 11/22/1988-11/24/1988 / Tropical Storm / 10.27
Hugo / 9/21/1989-9/24/1989 / Hurricane / 10.28
Marco / 10/8/1990-10/14/1990 / Tropical Storm / 19.89
Ana / 6/29/1991-7/4/1991 / Tropical Depression / 7.86
Andrew / 8/23/1992-8/27/1992 / Hurricane / 13.98
Alberto / 6/30/1994-7/8/1994 / Tropical Storm / 27.85
Beryl / 8/13/1994-8/18/1994 / Tropical Storm / 17.45
Gordon / 11/12/1994-11/22/1994 / Hurricane / 16.1
Allison / 6/2/1995-6/8/1995 / Hurricane / 9.1
Erin / 8/1/1995-8/7/1995 / Hurricane / 10.84
Jerry / 8/22/1995-8/29/1995 / Tropical Storm / 18.51
Opal / 10/3/1995-10/7/1995 / Hurricane / 19.42
Bertha / 7/11/1996-7/15/1996 / Hurricane / 9.20
Fran / 9/4/1996-9/8/1996 / Hurricane / 16.0
Josephine / 10/4/1996-10/9/1996 / Tropical Storm / 8.5
Danny / 7/17/1997-7/22/1997 / Hurricane / 37.75
Bonnie / 8/26/1998-8/29/1998 / Hurricane / 14.61
Earl / 9/2/1998-9/4/1998 / Hurricane / 16.36
Georges / 10/24/1998-11/1/1998 / Hurricane / 38.46
Mitch / 10/26/1998-11/5/1998 / Hurricane / 11.2
Dennis / 8/28/1999-9/8/1999 / Hurricane / 19.91
Floyd / 9/14/1999-9/17/1999 / Hurricane / 24.06
Harvey / 9/16/1999-9/22/1999 / Tropical Storm / 10.24
Irene / 10/12/1999-10/17/1999 / Hurricane / 17.45
Gordon / 9/13/2000-9/21/2000 / Tropical Storm / 9.48
Helene / 9/19/2000-9/24/2000 / Tropical Storm / 9.60
Leslie / 10/2/2000-10/6/2000 / Tropical Storm / 17.50