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Storm Surge/Tide — Mainland Monroe, FL

Aug 4, 2024

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, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and lowest central pressure of 979 mb. The outermost edge of Debby's tropical storm force w

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1212047). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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