 At approximately 2 : 45 UTC on July 9 , the hurricane made landfall near McClellanville , South Carolina . Shortly thereafter , Cindy began re @-@ curving northwestward along the fall line , and eventually weakened to a tropical depression . The depression abruptly turned toward the east @-@ northeast over North Carolina during the afternoon hours of July 9 . Cindy then began to accelerate as it curved slightly towards the northeast , and eventually regained tropical storm status late on July 10 as it emerged into the Atlantic . Cindy scraped the southern fringe of the Delmarva Peninsula near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay at approximately 00 : 00 UTC on July 11 , and rapidly traveled northeastward during the day . Cindy passed over Cape Cod near the mid @-@ morning of July 11 , during which a series of shortwave troughs passed near the storm , producing high @-@ level outflow that helped Cindy maintain intensity . Later on July 11 , Cindy moved ashore in New Brunswick and made landfall over Prince Edward Island the following day . The storm subsequently moved over Quebec and Labrador , where it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone . 
