RMS Update on Tropical Storm Debby in Florida

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Catastrophe modeling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) issued the following update on Tropical Storm Debby this morning, Tuesday, June 26:

Over the last 24 hours, Tropical Storm Debby (located over the northeast Gulf of Mexico) has slowly moved towards the Florida coast, bringing tropical storm winds to a large part of western Florida, including the panhandle and extending into southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. This region has also been subject to extremely heavy rain

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Tropical Storm Debby Tracking Slowly Towards Florida’s West Coast: AIR

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According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, as of 8 a.m. today, Tropical Storm Debby was still a weak tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, but it was drenching northern Florida and parts of southeastern Georgia with intense rainfall.

According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the storm is situated about 120 miles northwest of Clearwater, Florida, and is moving slowly eastward towards Florida’s west coast at a rate of about 3 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and a minimum central pressure of 991 millibars.

The NHC’s most likely track shows Debby continuing to move east or east-northeast and make landfall as a tropical storm late tomorrow, June 27, along the coast of northwestern Florida. After landfall, Debby is expected to weaken fairly quickly to a tropical depression.

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Tropical Storm Debby Makes Landfall in Florida Near Steinhatchee

June 26, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleCommentsTropical Storm Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It is the first tropical storm of 2012 to form in the Gulf of Mexico.

“Debby is expected to weaken to a tropical depression tonight,” the NHC said in its 48-hour outlook.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Gulf coast from Steinhatchee to Englewood, the center said.

The storm idled about a quarter of U.S. offshore oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, based on figures issued by U.S. offshore regulators. About 6 percent of U.S. gas production and just over 20 percent of U.S. oil production come from the Gulf of Mexico.

 

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