Marine Tropical Depression — Lake Okeechobee, Atlantic South

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-05 · Lake Okeechobee, Atlantic South

Event narrative

Maximum sustained winds were in the 25 to 30 knot range over Lake Okeechobee, with gusts of 35 to 40 knots. A peak sustained wind gust of 41 knots was measured along the western shoreline at Harney Pond Park. out of the south/southwest at the SFWMD north end sensor. Peak wind gusts were in the 40-45 mph range.

Wider weather episode

The center of Debby passed about 140 miles west of Naples as a tropical storm moving north-northwest over the eastern Gulf of Mexico around 8 AM EDT on August 4th. Tropical Storm Debby intensified into a hurricane as it passed southwest of Tampa late August 4th before making landfall in the Florida Big Bend area as a Category 1 hurricane on the morning of August 5th. Brief periods of sustained tropical storm force winds of 35 to 40 knots were observed along the immediate Atlantic and Biscayne Bay coasts, with gusts to tropical storm force over Lake Okeechobee.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211979. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.