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Hurricane Debby
NOAA/NHC ^ | 2 August 2024 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 08/02/2024 2:11:33 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Tropical Storm watches and warnings have been issued from the Florida Keys up the Florida Gulf Coast to Suwanee. The system is crossing Central Cuba, moving at 16mph. The disturbance is expected to develop into a tropical depression on Saturday as it moves across the Straits of Florida, followed by intensification into a tropical storm by Saturday night. Governor DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 54 counties, most along the Gulf Coast and in northern Florida, to move assets in preparation for the storm.

August 13 marks 20 years since Hurricane Charley made landfall near Punta Gorda FL.

The rapid strengthening of Charley in the eastern Gulf of Mexico caught many by surprise. Around five hours before its Florida landfall, Charley was a strong Category 2 hurricane predicted to strengthen its strongest winds to 115 mph upon its landfall in the Tampa–Saint Petersburg area. About two hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center issued a special advisory, notifying the public that Charley had become a 145 mph Category 4 hurricane, with a predicted landfall location in the Port Charlotte area. As a result of this change in forecast, numerous people in the Charlotte County area were unprepared for the hurricane, although the new track prediction was well within the previous forecast's margin of error. National Hurricane Center forecasting intern Robbie Berg publicly blamed the media for misleading residents into believing that a Tampa landfall was inevitable.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: debby; hurricane; storm; tropical
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To: abb; abbi_normal_2; aberaussie; abner; AbsoluteGrace; alancarp; Alas Babylon!; Alia; ...

Debby expected to become a hurricane tonight and make landfall
in the FL Big Bend area Monday...

...Will bring a major flood threat to the Southeastern US...


500 PM EDT Update
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About 120 MI W of Tampa FL
About 125 MI SW of Cedar Key FL
Max Sustained Winds...65 MPH
Movement...N at 12 MPH
Minimum Pressure...992 MB

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles from the center.


On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

181 posted on 08/04/2024 2:14:56 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Just got the super loud Emergency Alert Warning on our phones… warning us we are about 36 hours from possible life threatening storm surge. 🙁


182 posted on 08/04/2024 2:16:20 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: nutmeg

The Katrina flooding occurred because the levees protecting the homes below sea level broke. If you know your elevation, that is a good start for planning.


183 posted on 08/04/2024 2:19:01 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Here in central Florida, 50 miles east of Tampa it has been steady, but light rain. Not much wind at all.


184 posted on 08/04/2024 2:28:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

There are 17,000+ customer power outages in Pinellas Co. per Duke Energy. TECO reports 3000 customers in Hillsborough Co.


185 posted on 08/04/2024 2:38:30 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: numberonepal; M Kehoe

Tornado Warning Pinellas Co. until 6:15. Near St. Pete Beach, near Seminole, moving N.


186 posted on 08/04/2024 2:51:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Along the west coast I am sure the winds are higher. It is not extending inland too much. The Big Bend area of Florida will get smacked as the storm intensifies.


187 posted on 08/04/2024 2:51:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: NautiNurse
New tradition! I have learned to get the house freezing cold in case the power goes out. The wife has to throw on her supermarket sweater. This Mexican Hot Chocolate takes the edge off it.

PS it keeps getting worse here. It's been better'n a half gale all day with constant but light rain. Now it's gusting to a full gale with heavy rain and the first rumbles of thunder I've heard all day. Oh, and naders.

188 posted on 08/04/2024 3:07:30 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: numberonepal
Chocolate. It's for hurricanes. Glad your electricity is holding on.

Whole Tampa Bay area is under flash flood warning. No surprise there with all the rain and some storm surge expected. A few more hours of rain expected, though not as persistently torrential.

189 posted on 08/04/2024 3:20:59 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse
Regarding that Atlanta/Outer Banks idea from earlier... the ICON Model (the one that was correct for Texas back in June) is now forecasting a 960 mb landfalling hurricane up near Wilmington, NC for the middle of the night Wednesday/Thursday... that would be around a Cat 3 storm.

It's not a certainty, of course, but enough for y'all in that area to take heed.

LINK TO THE MODEL MAP

190 posted on 08/04/2024 3:24:19 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: NautiNurse; nutmeg

Pouring here, wind is light. Peculiar storm.

More concerned about our FRiends in Georgia and the Carolinas now..


191 posted on 08/04/2024 3:37:50 PM PDT by SE Mom (ScreamingEagleMom)
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To: SE Mom
Do you have a feel for whether you are getting the max impact expected for your area from Debby?

Local news showing video of Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa being washed over. Bridge is still open, cars getting swamped with bay water.

Flash floods--reports of fresh water rescues occurring in Manatee Co.

192 posted on 08/04/2024 3:52:01 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT
Those people are tough.

Lots of Yankees (and folks from Atlanta - is there any difference now) have moved out on those coastal islands. It could get messy for them.

193 posted on 08/04/2024 4:39:31 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: NautiNurse

We got flooding everywhere.

Damn storm is getting its sh!t together.

5.56mm


194 posted on 08/04/2024 4:55:37 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: All

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Debby Intermediate Advisory Number 10A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL042024
800 PM EDT Sun Aug 04 2024

...DEBBY STRENGTHENING AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AREA...
...WILL BRING A MAJOR FLOOD THREAT TO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES THIS WEEK...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION


LOCATION...28.1N 84.1W
ABOUT 100 MI...160 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 90 MI...150 KM SW OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.30 INCHES


195 posted on 08/04/2024 4:56:01 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: CFW

I lived in southeast Georgia for 25+ years (retired from working for the City of Savannah). In all the time I worked and lived there (and during the ten years I have lived in Texas) they never seem to have dealt adequately with street flooding no matter how much $$ they spend on drainage projects. Besides that, just a run of the mill high tide will flood Hwy 80 and make it impassable (the one road leading to Tybee Island)


196 posted on 08/04/2024 4:56:44 PM PDT by Hurst Mama
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To: M Kehoe
Expecting Debby to be a hurricane by 11:00 update. Current sustained winds 70 mph.

Is your flooding a combination of rain and storm surge?

197 posted on 08/04/2024 5:07:45 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Both.

5.56mm


198 posted on 08/04/2024 5:15:26 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: Hurst Mama

Savannah is pretty low-lying and the streets do not have any drainage. So yeah, if they get a few inches of rain in a short amount of time, access to Tybee will be impossible. I assume the residents are making plans to stay where they are are for a few days.

Hubby has relatives in Brunswick, Some who live right on the marshes a couple of miles from the access road to Jekyll. I believe they are battening down the hatches as best they can and heading northwest to ride it out.


199 posted on 08/04/2024 5:15:33 PM PDT by CFW
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To: NautiNurse

Gust up to 60 now. Starting to howl.

What’s happening with forward movement?

5.56mm


200 posted on 08/04/2024 5:18:36 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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