Tropical Storm — Eastern Hamilton, Florida

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-05 · Eastern Hamilton, Florida

Event narrative

The county experienced gusts of tropical storm force and flooding rainfall with 11.63 inches of rainfallmeasured by a CoCoRaHS observer at White Springs 0.3 NW during Debby. Wind gusts between 41-44 mph were observed during Debby. At 6:20 am local time on 8/5, a mesonet station 3 miles SSE of Jasper measured wind gusts of 44 mph. At 6:30 am, a mesonet station 6 miles NE of Suwannee Springs measured a wind gust of 41 mph.

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 1198835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.