Debby no longer forecast to be a tropical depression. It weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Friday

Article first published: Friday, Aug. 09, 2024, 5 a.m. ET

The National Hurricane Center's 5 am Friday advisory reported that Debby transited North Carolina and entered Virginia. Debby has lost momentum and has regressed from a tropical depression to a post-tropical cyclone, with winds of 30 miles per hour.

Post Tropical Cyclone Debby is 110 miles north of Danville Virginia and 165 miles north of Raleigh North Carolina, with maximum sustained wind of 30 mph. It’s moving 35 mph to the north-northeast.

YESTERDAY (Thursday):

Yesterday, Debby's trajectory: went through South Carolina, then advanced to North Carolina. Debby reached new lows of intensity and was downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND:

RAINFALL: Debby is expected to produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rainfall with locally higher amounts, across portions of the coastal Carolinas today, with areas of considerable flooding expected.

From portions of northern Virginia through Upstate New York, 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, with local amounts to 6 inches, are expected through Friday night. This will likely result in areas of considerable flash and urban flooding, as well as river flooding.

For portions of Northern New England, 1 to 3 inches of rain with locally higher amounts are expected through Friday night. This will result in isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding.

For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall and flash flooding associated with Debby, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? Rainqpf and the Flash Flood Risk graphic at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml? Ero. For a list of rainfall observations (and wind reports) associated this storm, see the companion storm summary at WBCSCCNS4 with the WMO header ACUS44 KWBC or at the following link: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc4.html.

TORNADOES: The risk for a couple of tornadoes will extend from eastern North Carolina into Virginia and Maryland early this morning. The threat for tornadoes will shift northward into New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and eastern New York today.

WIND: Wind gusts of 30-50 MPH will be possible today into tonight across portions of eastern Maryland, Delaware, southeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey, far southeast New York into Long Island, coastal Connecticut, and far northeast New York into Vermont. Given saturated ground conditions these winds may bring down trees and result in isolated to scattered power outages.

SURF: Large swells will continue to affect the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England coast. These conditions are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Source: National Hurricane Center

This story was originally published August 8, 2024 at 9:57 AM.