Tropical Storm Debby

[Ohio Girl]

Take care everyone! Any updates will be appreciated.

 

[runnerrrgirl1]

Not much going on in Seagrove Beach other than wind and overcast this am. Double red flags on the beach of course. Hopefully we will get some much needed rain.

 

[Jdarg]

Rain is here. Looking gloomy. A good day to "go to church" at the Red Bar or other good daytime drinking spots. Local Catch has a great covered porch, also Santa Rosa Beach Club would have a great view since they are high on the dune- you can have lunch and watch the storm. If it's not too windy, Amore's porch might be deep enough to sit at the bar and not get wet.

Any other good ideas for a Tropical Storm fun day?

I think it would take a CAT 5 hurricane to close the outlet mall so shopping will be popular today.

 

[Jim Tucker]

Not much impact here just a bit of rain and surf.

 

[Jim Tucker]

 

[NotDeadYet]

From the latest advisory from NHC:


AT 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.2 WEST. DEBBY ISMOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H...BUT LITTLE MOTIONIS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDTHE WEST IS FORECAST THEREAFTER. THE FORECAST TRACK WILL KEEP THECENTER OF DEBBY MEANDERING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO DURINGTHE NEXT FEW DAYS.



Cabin fever, beach erosion................

 

[Teresa]

Thanks jim45 and NDY! Keep us posted.

A good kind of storm to have if we must have a storm. A good day for movies, books, food & naps! Or venture out for shopping, lunch and/or the bar.

Here is an advisory from the SWFD:

DOUBLE RED FLAG CONDITIONS: WATER IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC....

SURF ZONE FORECAST:
WAVE HEIGHTS: 4-5 feet.
RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROBABILITY AND RIP CURRENT STRENGTH: very high...a very high risk of life threatening rip currents means that wind, wave and tidal conditions all support the development of extremely strong and dangerous rip currents. Water is closed to the public.
For current Santa Rosa Beach weather conditions and our live beach cam please visit http://www.swfd.org/weather.php​

SoWal BeachCams are showing some pretty heavy duty waves right now...
Seagrove BeachCam at Walton Dunes Access

Everyone stay safe, dry and enjoy the day.

 

[deasnealy]

Just peeked at the beach in Seagrove. Water is rolling up to the dunes, but not damaging any near Pelayo.

 

[Teresa]

The Weather Channel

[SIZE=+1]Current Status[/SIZE]​

Tropical Storm Debby has moved very little since its formation in the eastern Gulf of Mexico late Saturday. Locally heavy rain and possible flooding will impact portions of the eastern Gulf Coast and Florida into Monday. Isolated tornadoes cannot be rule out from southern and western Florida to coastal Mississippi and Alabama.

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Tropical storm warnings

have been issued for parts of the Louisiana, Alabama and Florida Gulf Coasts. Tropical-storm force winds (40 mph or higher) are possible there Sunday into early Monday. Power outages were reported on St. George Island, Fla. early Sunday morning from Debby's outer bands.

[SIZE=+1]Track Forecast Uncertain
[/SIZE]Debby is forecast to drift only very slowly north through Sunday, then is expected to turn toward the northwest or west. That said, the track forecast remains VERY uncertain and we cannot rule out a track towards the east or northeast in the direction of Florida.(MORE: Debby forecast track scenarios)Residents from the Florida Gulf Coast to Texas need to monitor closely the progress of Debby.For more in-depth analysis on Debby and its future track possibilities, click here to view our full Tropical Update article.
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Rip Currents, Coastal Flooding
[/SIZE]As indicated by the tropical storm warnings mentioned above, Debby's circulation is embedded in a rather large wind field. This persistent wind field has also raised the threat of rip currents and coastal flooding well to the east and north of the center. (MORE: Beach threats)

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Incidentally, Debby has become the record earliest-in-season 4th named Atlantic named storm, leapfrogging Dennis from July 5, 2005. In an average year, the 4th named storm would have occurred by August 23. So, in terms of named storm counts, we're roughly two months ahead of the pace. That said, there is no correlation between a fast start to the season and the degree of activity of the rest of the season.​

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[Kurt]

A little windy and a bit of rain so far. People are out and about. The surf is very rough and some erosion is being reported. Doesn't look too bad out in the gulf pas the sandbars though. We are getting wind mostly from the North, Northeast.