Marine Tropical Storm · Gulf of Mexico

Data from hurricane hunter aircraft suggested that sustained tropical storm force winds occurred over the coastal waters of Collier County on August 3rd and 4th as Tropical Storm Debby moved north over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

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. The outermost edge of Debby's tropical storm force wind field skirted the southwestern Florida Gulf coast on August 3rd and 4th.