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Tropical Storm Debra (1978)

Tropical Storm Debra was a tropical storm at its peak, with 58 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Lake Charles, LA, with a modeled peak gust of 49 mph.

Peak strength58 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
1000 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Debra’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Modeled winds at cities (1)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Lake Charles, LA49 mph40 mph13 milesAug 28, 1978, 7:45 PM CDT

Best track (14 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 26, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1010 mb23.4°N, 88.4°W
Aug 26, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph24.2°N, 89.5°W
Aug 27, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph24.4°N, 90.4°W
Aug 27, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1008 mb24.5°N, 91.4°W
Aug 27, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph24.6°N, 92.3°W
Aug 27, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.1°N, 93.1°W
Aug 28, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1006 mb25.8°N, 93.8°W
Aug 28, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph26.8°N, 94.3°W
Aug 28, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph27.8°N, 94.3°W
Aug 28, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1002 mb28.7°N, 94.1°W
Aug 29, 00:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1000 mb29.6°N, 93.6°W
Aug 29, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph30.7°N, 93.3°W
Aug 29, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1002 mb32.0°N, 93.0°W
Aug 29, 18:00 UTCTropical depression17 mph1005 mb34.2°N, 92.7°W