Rains batter Florida as Debby weakens
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June 26, 2012, Tuesday
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TROPICAL Storm Debby weakened slightly as it moved slowly over the northern Gulf of Mexico yesterday, dumping heavy rains and threatening to bring flooding and tornadoes to parts of Florida in the United States.
Debby, the first named storm of 2012 to move into the Gulf of Mexico, was centered about 125 kilometers south of Apalachicola, Florida, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm's maximum sustained winds decreased slightly to 75 kilometers per hour from 85 kph and forecasts predicted there would be little change in its strength over the next couple of days.
Forecast models show the storm is expected to move slowly this week toward the northern Florida Gulf Coast, possibly unloading as much as 25-38 centimeters of rain in some areas of the state, with isolated amounts of much as 64 cm, the hurricane center said.
Steady rainfall spurred by Debby is expected to extend to southern areas of Georgia and South Carolina.
The center warned that tornadoes were possible in the eastern Panhandle, along with western and central parts of Florida and southern Georgia.
Debby, the first named storm of 2012 to move into the Gulf of Mexico, was centered about 125 kilometers south of Apalachicola, Florida, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm's maximum sustained winds decreased slightly to 75 kilometers per hour from 85 kph and forecasts predicted there would be little change in its strength over the next couple of days.
Forecast models show the storm is expected to move slowly this week toward the northern Florida Gulf Coast, possibly unloading as much as 25-38 centimeters of rain in some areas of the state, with isolated amounts of much as 64 cm, the hurricane center said.
Steady rainfall spurred by Debby is expected to extend to southern areas of Georgia and South Carolina.
The center warned that tornadoes were possible in the eastern Panhandle, along with western and central parts of Florida and southern Georgia.
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