Debby moved onshore early Monday morning as a category 1 hurricane with 80 mile per hour winds near Steinhatchee in Florida’s Big Bend. But much of Florida has been seeing heavy rains and isolated tornadoes since Sunday as Debby intensified in the Gulf of Mexico. Sunday and Monday, the outer rain bands of Debby moved […]
Debby is a tropical storm that will move slowly between 5 and 8 mph toward South Carolina. The heaviest rain will continue to affect North Florida even as the storm moves over Georgia during the next 24 hours. Eastern Georgia and South Carolina can expect rainfall to reach up to 30 inches through the end […]
Versión en español abajo - Spanish version below 8 a.m. update Hurricane Debby is now inland and maximum sustained winds have decreased to 75 mph. It will continue ¨weaken¨as far as its winds, but the heavy rainfall is here to stay across much of Florida through South Carolina during the next few days. Hurricane-force winds […]
Hurricane Hunters investigated Tropical Storm Debby this afternoon and they did not find winds above 65 mph. Hunters will make another round this evening and continue to measure winds and pressure, among other characteristics to determine if it strengthens tonight. Satellite imagery does show that the core of the system is trying to close, this […]
Versión en español abajo - Spanish version below Tropical Storm Debby continues its trek northward and this morning the winds have increased to 60 mph. The National Hurricane Center highlights that the system has the potential to reach hurricane status by the time it makes landfall on Monday, likely in the morning. On Sunday the […]
Spanish version below, after the English story. The 5 p.m. bulletin from the National Hurricane Center and the latest satellite imagery show that the center of Tropical Storm Debby is now over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Yes, you read that correctly, the system is now a Tropical Storm as it […]
The system we have been monitoring gained a bit of strength and became a tropical depression late last night. Tropical Depression 4 will emerge over the Florida Straits on Saturday and travel over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The track has shifted westward, with a more pronounced curve which keeps it […]
The National Hurricane Center has started to issue watches specifically for parts of South Florida through the West Florida coast this Friday morning. Potential Tropical Cyclone 4 officially was labeled at 11:00 AM on Friday. The label of Potential Tropical Cyclone, or PTC, allows the National Hurricane Center to issue warnings and watches. This is […]
