Hurricane Debby (2000)
Hurricane Debby reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 19, 2000 and August 24, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Debby, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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
- August 19, 2000 to August 24, 2000
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb (29.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072000
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 06:00 | Saint John’s, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, 45 km away | 17.5N 61.7W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 993 mb |
| Aug 22, 09:15 | Coast unnamed here | 17.9N 62.8W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 993 mb |
| Aug 22, 15:00 | Coast unnamed here | 18.5N 64.4W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 994 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 12.0N 44.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 12.6N 45.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 13.3N 46.8W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 14.0N 48.8W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 14.7N 50.6W | 45 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 15.1N 52.1W | 55 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 15.4N 54.0W | 65 kt | 1005 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 15.7N 56.3W | 75 kt | 1004 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 16.1N 58.5W | 75 kt | 1004 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 16.8N 60.1W | 70 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 06:00 landfall | 17.5N 61.7W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 09:15 landfall | 17.9N 62.8W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 18.1N 63.5W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 15:00 landfall | 18.5N 64.4W | 65 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 18.8N 65.4W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 19.2N 66.7W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 19.5N 68.1W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 19.8N 69.7W | 60 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 20.0N 71.5W | 50 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 19.9N 73.3W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 19.6N 75.1W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 19.5N 77.0W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2000 · 26 deaths · $11 million
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane KeithNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2000
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.