Monday morning Debby made landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida as a Category 1 at 7 a.m. with 80 mph winds.
As of 11 a.m., local, time Debby has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm with 70 mph sustained winds near Lake City, Florida.
Categories at a glance:
Category 1: 71-95 mph
Category 2: 96-110 mph
Category 3: 111-129 mph
Category 4: 130-156 mph
Category 5: 157+ mph
Tropical Storm Debby Track:
We continue to track dangerous storm surge conditions and tropical storm conditions along the Southeast coast from Northeastern Florida to North Carolina through the middle of the week.
The center will most likely move across southeastern Georgia Monday to offshore of South Carolina by Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Debby’s slow speed is expected to bring catastrophic flooding this week over southeastern US over the next few days. Tropical Storms have lower range of wind speeds compared to a hurricane but usually bring a lot of heavy rain. A warmer atmosphere
brings more rain because it holds more moisture - endless amounts over the next couple of days may bring 30 inches of rain to some areas on the coast line depending on how slow Debby moves from Florida to the coast. We continue to track a chance for storm surges from 2 to 4 feet near Tampa and 1-3 feet near Marco Island.
Another tropical wave is developing in the Atlantic. It has a 30% chance of developing over the next 7 days. Please continue to monitor this forecast.
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