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Tropical Storm Debby – Tuesday Night Update

| August 6, 2024 @ 8:13 pm

The center of Tropical Storm Debby as emerged off the southeast coast and is located about 30 miles southeast of Savannah, GA. It is moving at a snail’s pace to the east-northeast at 3 mph. There are still several rain bands pulling in off the Atlantic and hitting portions of the Carolinas.  Heavy rain as well as far north as Columbia, SC and into Augusta, GA.

Debby is expected to remain offshore through early Thursday and then finally get caught up with a mid-level ridge that will pull the storm north and back inland.  While offshore, strengthening is a possibility but looks to be limited.

The big weather story surrounding Debby will continue to be the risk of more heavy rain.  The heaviest rain in the near term will be in the Carolinas.  But once Debby meanders back inland and then accelerates to the north and northeast, a good portion of the eastern US will tap into deep tropical moisture and heavy rain is expected from the Virginias through the Northeast and New England.

Something to note: Especially for portions of the northeast, recent rains have already produced flooding so anything from Debby could cause more problems.  As I write this, numerous flash flood warning are in effect for portions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. From Philadelphia to New York City, an estimated 2-4.5 inches of rain had fallen and another 1-2 inches possible.  The green polygons are all of the flash flood warnings (as of 815pm CDT)

Here are some posts showing some of the recent flooding across the southeast AND the northeast!

 

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