Hurricane Debby Update Statement

By | August 5, 2024

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Hurricane Debby Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL042024
600 AM EDT Mon Aug 05 2024

...DEBBY VERY NEAR LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...
...EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE IN PORTIONS OF
FLORIDA AND MAJOR FLOODING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...

Doppler radar images from Tallahassee indicate that Debby is 
close to making landfall in the Florida Big Bend region.  The 
northern and eastern portions of the eyewall are already onshore 
and the hurricane will be making landfall later this morning.

Data from the Air Force Hurricane Hunters indicate that the minimum 
pressure is around 979 mb (28.91 in) and the maximum winds are 
still estimated to be around 80 mph (130 km/h).

A National Ocean Service Tide station in Cedar Key recently 
reported a water level of 4.6 ft above Mean Higher High Water.

Tropical Cyclone Updates will continue through landfall.


SUMMARY OF 600 AM EDT...1000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.6N 83.7W
ABOUT 60 MI...80 KM NW OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM SSE OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...979 MB...28.91 INCHES

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Forecaster Cangialosi/Alaka


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