Tropical Storm — Coastal Flagler, Florida

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-05 · Coastal Flagler, Florida

Event narrative

Tropical cyclone wind gusts impacted the county on 8/5. Wind gusts between 40-54 mph were observed during Debby. At 5:58 pm on 8/4, the mesonet at Marineland measured a wind gust of 54 mph. At 6:20 am on 8/5, the station measured 41 mph wind gusts. Flagler county EMA reported a few trees were downed in Palm Coast and Bunnell.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the FL Big Bend coast during the early morning of August 5, 2024. Prior to landfall, outer convective bands produced tornadoes across portions of northeast Florida on August 4th. Widespread flooding moved inland with Debby across the Suwannee River Valley and inland Southeast Georgia where flash flooding and moderate to major river flooding occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198834. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.