Tropical Storm Debbie (1957)
Tropical Storm Debbie peaked at 35 kt in the North Atlantic between September 7, 1957 and September 9, 1957, with a lowest pressure of 1003 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Debbie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1957 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 7, 1957 to September 9, 1957
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb (29.62 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- AL051957
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 17:00 | Seaside, FL, 5 km away | 30.3N 86.1W | 35 kt (40 mph) |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,952 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 11.26 inches (286 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| WEWAHITCHKA | 11.26 in (286 mm) | 30.12N 85.20W |
| SANBORN TWR | 10.30 in (262 mm) | 30.07N 84.60W |
| PERRY | 9.95 in (253 mm) | 30.10N 83.57W |
| MADISON | 9.84 in (250 mm) | 30.45N 83.42W |
| BLOUNTSTOWN 2 SE | 9.80 in (249 mm) | 30.45N 85.05W |
| ST MARKS 5 SSE | 9.60 in (244 mm) | 30.10N 84.17W |
| PANAMA CITY 2 | 9.25 in (235 mm) | 30.17N 85.70W |
| VALPARAISO EGLIN AFB | 8.45 in (215 mm) | 30.48N 86.52W |
| TYNDALL AFB | 8.39 in (213 mm) | 30.07N 85.58W |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE 1 W | 7.98 in (203 mm) | 30.70N 84.87W |
| TALLAHASSEE RGNL AP | 7.93 in (201 mm) | 30.40N 84.35W |
| ADAMS BEACH | 7.46 in (189 mm) | 29.88N 83.63W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 23.9N 89.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 25.0N 89.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 26.3N 89.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 27.7N 88.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 28.9N 87.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 29.7N 87.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 17:00 landfall | 30.3N 86.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 30.4N 86.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 31.6N 85.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 33.1N 84.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1957
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.