The National Hurricane Center 6am CDT update has made it official. Debby has made landfall near Steinhatchee, FL in the Big Bend as a Category 1 hurricane. Minimum pressure at landfall was 979 mph and maximum winds 80 mph.
6AM CDT stats:
LOCATION…29.7N 83.5W
ABOUT 5 MI…10 KM W of STEINHATCHEE FLORIDA
ABOUT 70 MI…115 KM SE OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…80 MPH…130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…979 MB…28.91 INCHES
Snapshot from WeatherTap.
A few wind gust reports from Mesonet/ASOS sites just after 5am CDT:
Dixie County (FL) High School weatherstem reported a gust of 57 mph
Mayo (Lafayette County, FL) had a gust of 59 mph.
Madison County (FL) High School weatherstem gust to 48 mph.
The Perry, FL ASOS reported a gust of 62.1 mph at 535am CDT.
