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He Hurricane Debbynow turned into tormenta tropicalcontinues generating climate instability in the southeast of USAafter passing through Florida and the coastal areas of Georgiawhere it left severe damage. The cyclone is moving northeast and heading towards the mid-Atlantic, where storms are expected excessive rainfall, storm surge, Flash floods y strong windsaccording to the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS).
Debby is currently off the coast of South Carolinawith maximum sustained winds of 72 kilometers per hourreported the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC“Tropical Storm Debby is forecast to strengthen slightly and curve southeastward again today before making landfall along the central coast of South Carolina tonight,” the NWS anticipated in its forecast.
The US weather forecast map for Wednesday, August 7NWS
With a 70% chance of excessive rainfallan additional seven to 22 centimeters of accumulated precipitation is expected, which will lead to total values of up to 63.5 centimeters of water in South Carolina and 38 centimeters in southeastern North Carolina until Friday. This could cause Flash floods in the center and east of both states, as well as east of Georgia and southeast of Virginia. Between this Wednesday and Thursday.
Weather instability will reach a point of greater concern on Thursday, when the Storm Prediction Center issued a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms for portions of eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, with tornado risk present.
As forecast by the NHC, the expected heavy rainfall resulted in significant flooding impacts in the Carolinas and Georgiawhile they will continue in portions of the Mid-Atlantic states and Vermont through Saturday morning. Residents of South Carolina and North Carolina woke up this Wednesday with streets filled with water and serious damage.
South Carolina suffered severe flooding in the last few hours due to tropical cyclone DebbyX @jamiearnoldWMBF
In turn, a dangerous storm surge occurred along the coast of South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina from south of the Santee River to residents of Cape Fear, which accentuated coastal flooding.
There is a risk of storm surge on the coasts of South CarolinaNHC
The weather in the main cities affected by Debby’s passage, according to the website The Weather Channelwill remain unstable for the next few days:
In turn, the interaction between the night storms produced by tropical humidity Debby and a cold front from the north will generate tonight strong rains about Washington DC and parts of eastern Maryland, Delawarethe southeast of Pennsylvania and the south of New Jerseyaccording to the NWS. In those places, there could be Flash floods.
At the same time, a sector of the center of the North American country presents alerts for damaging windswith gusts of up to 120 kilometers per hour, and possible hail fall with stone of more than five centimeters in diameter in almost all Nebraskathe southeast of Dakota del Surthe northwest of Kansasthe southeast of Wyomingthe northeast of Colorado and a small portion of northwest Iowa, in cities like Sioux Falls, Fort Collins, Greeley, Sioux City y Cheyenne.
The US weather forecast map for Thursday, August 8NWS
Elsewhere, storms are expected to continue across the Southwest and Four Corners regions through the latter part of this week.Flash flooding will increase on Thursday and Friday “in parts of the central and southern High Plains, including the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where there is a slight risk for excessive precipitation,” the agency forecast, which also anticipated scattered showers and thunderstorms across the northern Plains and upper Midwest in the coming days.
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