 An low @-@ pressure area associated with a cold front developed into a tropical depression on July 5 , while located east of Florida . Tracking north @-@ northeastward , it strengthened into Tropical Storm Cindy by the next day . Cindy turned westward because of a high @-@ pressure area positioned to its north , and further intensified into a hurricane offshore the Carolinas on July 8 . Cindy made landfall near McClellanville , South Carolina early on July 9 , and re @-@ curved to the northeast along the fall line as a tropical depression . It re @-@ emerged into the Atlantic on July 10 and quickly restrengthened into a tropical storm . On July 11 , Cindy passed over Cape Cod , while several other weather systems helped the storm maintain its intensity . Cindy transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on July 12 while approaching Atlantic Canada . 
