Tropical Storm — Western Marion, Florida

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-05 · Western Marion, Florida

Event narrative

AWOS station KOCF Ocala Airport gusted to 41 mph during Debby on 8/5 at 1:14 am local time. A CoCoRaHS observer measured 9.37 inches of rainfall at Micanopy 3.6 SSW during Debby.

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 1198836. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.