Tropical Storm — Coastal St. Johns, Florida

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-05 · Coastal St. Johns, Florida

Event narrative

Wind gusts between 50-58 mph were observed during Debby and 7.28 inches of rainfall was measured by a CoCoRaHS observer at Sawgrass 0.0 E during Debby. On 8/4 at 9:10 pm local time, the mesonet station in downtown St. Augustine measured a wind gust of 44 mph in an outer rainband.

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 1198839. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.