re: Tropical Storm Debby - Flooding Threat Slowly Shifting NE

So are they really going to split this fricker in two, taking up another hurricane name and moving us closer to that disaster of no Greek names for storms this year?

Jordan Hall in Cedar Key

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

...DEBBY NEARING LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...
...400 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...

Doppler radar images from Tallahassee indicate that Debby is
nearing landfall and the eastern portion of the eyewall is moving
onshore in the Florida Big Bend. An observation in Cedar Key,
Florida, recently reported a sustained wind of 50 mph (80 km/h)
with a gust to 66 mph (106 km/h).

Tropical Cyclone Updates will continue through landfall.

SUMMARY OF 400 AM EDT...0800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.3N 83.7W
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM WNW OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA
ABOUT 80 MI...125 KM SSE OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 015 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...981 MB...28.97 INCHES

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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Not sure how much it has rained here in the last 24-30 hours but its a lot.

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My rain gauge says 10" here in Palm Harbor.

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My rain gauge says 10" here in Palm Harbor.

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shite man, thats a lot of water. I have a little cheapy one that goes to 8" and it was overfull at
8pm last night. We seem to be right in the groove down here for the storm to keep rolling through. Some of those tornado warnings last night were less than a half a mile from us. LOL. All around us but never got any super strong winds. Just buckets of water and they are still falling like crazy.

I think our rain was worse after it rolled through with those bands coming through. One after another. Looks like we may finally get a break around 9am. Im sure you are still getting it up there.

I'm in Tallahassee and it's shocking how easy it is being on the "good" side of a storm.

We have had one bad band, currently you wouldn't know there is a hurricane just off the coast

The tail is hammering us in central Florida. We were already saturated because it has rained for the last 45 days or so. The retention ponds and lakes are way over their normal limits. Fox Weather just said the tail would be a major issue here for a long time.

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our rain was worse after it rolled through with those bands coming through.

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Just had second one roll thru since original post. Gonna have to empty gauge and start over with math. Math is hard.