Hurricane Debby made landfall in Florida Monday morning as a Category 1 storm. Forecast data suggests up to 6 inches of rain through the end of the week for North Carolina.
After making landfall Monday morning, Hurricane Debby is moving along the Gulf Coast of Florida with much of North Carolina in its path. The Triangle will see periods of rain late Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and into Friday.
9 a.m. Monday: Debby downgraded to a tropical storm two hours after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane
Debby is a tropical storm, as of the 9 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. For our local weather, whether this is a depression or storm doesn’t matter. This will be a big rain-maker.
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7 a.m. Monday: Debby makes landfall on Florida’s Big Bend
The National Hurricane Center confirms that Debby made landfall Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane. It happened around 7 in the morning near Steinhatchee, Florida.
5 a.m. Monday: Debby is nearing landfall as a Category 1 hurricane
Hurricane Debby will be a rain event, not a wind event for North Carolina, WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth said.
Debby made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning with sustained winds estimated at 80 mph, according to the 7 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center.
Debby is expected to bring potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge to Florida before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina.
Along Florida’s coast, roads were flooded and major bridges have been shut down as Debby makes its way across the state.
According to the National Hurricane Center, after the storm moves through Florida, it will make a second landfall in South Carolina sometime Thursday.
Monday and Tuesday mornings would be great times to prepare for the upcoming rain associated with Debby.
Rain starts as early as Tuesday with storms coming up the coast. That rain moves inland to eastern North Carolina and the Triangle through at least Friday.
“We could see periods of rain on Wednesday, Thursday and into Friday”, Wilmoth said.
North Carolina is under a medium risk for flooding Wednesday into Friday, especially in southeast N.C. Trees rooted in already-saturated ground could fall with tropical storm winds.
There is an extreme risk for flooding in South Carolina.
“This is a really big problem for Georgia and the South Carolina coast”, Wilmoth said.
They could see up to 30 inches of rain through Thursday as the storm stalls out over the southeast.
Locally, the forecast is for 4 to 8 inches of rain. Although not as historic as the coast of South Carolina, that is still about a month-to-two months worth of rain in just a week.
9 a.m. Monday: Debby downgraded to a tropical storm two hours after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane
Debby is a tropical storm, as of the 9 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. For our local weather, whether this is a depression or storm doesn’t matter. This will be a big rain-maker.
7 a.m. Monday: Debby makes landfall on Florida’s Big Bend
The National Hurricane Center confirms that Debby made landfall Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane. It happened around 7 in the morning near Steinhatchee, Florida.
5 a.m. Monday: Debby is nearing landfall as a Category 1 hurricane
11 p.m. Sunday: Debby strengthens into hurricane
Debby intensified into a category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph
8 p.m. Sunday: Debby approaching hurricane strength
Tropical Storm Debby is on the verge of becoming a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and is 100 miles west of Tampa.
5 p.m. Sunday: Second landfall expected in South Carolina
Tropical Storm Debby was about 120 miles west of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico, where it is moving north at 12 miles per hour.
2 p.m. Sunday: Debby could reach hurricane strength before landfall
Tropical Storm Debby was about 125 miles southwest of Tampa in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
