Hurricane Debby has made landfall Monday morning and parts of Georgia will be impacted.
#Hurricane #Debby has made landfall near Steinhatchee, FL with max winds of 80 mph. Debby is the 4th hurricane to make landfall in Florida in August since 2000. The other three are: Charley (2004), Katrina (2005) and Idalia (2023). pic.twitter.com/GmBQXSurQR
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) August 5, 2024
The National Hurricane Center says Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida on the state’s Big Bend.
Debby is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges to parts of Florida and major flooding in the Southeast.
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Now that Debby has made landfall, its winds are expected to weaken over land, according to Meteorologist Christina Edwards.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Brooks, Clinch, Echols, Lanier and Lowndes counties in Georgia.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Chatham, Coffee, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Wayne and Wheeler counties in Georgia.
Here is what you need to know for Monday:
- Hurricane warning issued for Brooks, Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes counties in Georgia
- Tropical storm warning issued for Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Chatham, Coffee, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler counties in Georgia
- Areas in South Georgia, Florida and even in the Carolinas will see days of heavy rainfall
- Potentially catastrophic flooding is expected in these areas
- Showers and breezy weather will impact parts of north Georgia early this week. Most widespread rain will be well east of Atlanta.
- Debby will stall and drift around the southeast later this week. Potential for more widespread rain in north Georgia late this week.
Debby is expected to bring Flash Flooding to South and Southeast Georgia, including Valdosta, Statesboro and Savannah. As much as 10 to 30 inches of rainfall possible through Saturday! #GAwx pic.twitter.com/4A3Fars3G1
— Christina Edwards (@ChristinaWSBwx) August 5, 2024
Hurricane #Debby is moving inland this morning across northern Florida and is forecast to slowly drift northeast toward coastal Georgia and South Carolina through the middle of this week. Potentially historic heavy rain is possible across southeast GA and the coastal plain of SC. pic.twitter.com/dXb8irn3Ir
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) August 5, 2024