Tropical Storm Debby (1994)
Tropical Storm Debby peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between September 9, 1994 and September 11, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 1006 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Debby, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 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 9, 1994 to September 11, 1994
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1006 mb (29.71 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- AL061994
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 10, 03:00 | Castries, Castries, Saint Lucia, 1 km away | 14.0N 61.0W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 1007 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 13.1N 56.8W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 13.4N 58.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 13.7N 60.2W | 45 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 03:00 landfall | 14.0N 61.0W | 55 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 14.1N 61.6W | 60 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 14.6N 63.2W | 55 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 15.1N 64.9W | 50 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 15.5N 66.7W | 50 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 1994 · 1,152 deaths · $594 million
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.