The National Hurricane Center is expected to officially call the disturbance currently in the Gulf of Mexico a tropical storm by later this afternoon.
https://twitter.com/DChetta/status/216618615510798336
Tide is already running super high at Pensacola. #PensacolaBeach #Pensacola #tropics #Debby pic.twitter.com/7lqAsjww
— Allen Strum (@AllenStrum) June 23, 2012
Hurricane hunters seem to have found a closed circulation in the Gulf tropical system. Tropical Storm #Debby could be named soon. #fb
— Frank Corder (@frankcorder) June 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/TribPress/status/216618270143426561
From the latest projections, the system has the potential to make landfall anywhere from Texas to Florida.
Presuming the @NHC_Atlantic is about to name 96L #Debby, I would not want to be the person that has to draw the cone: http://t.co/hnXg2ryP
— Jeff Huffman (@HuffmanHeadsUp) June 23, 2012
All models keep Debby below hurricane strength through 132 hours. #debby pic.twitter.com/twA1HqM7
— James Spann (@spann) June 23, 2012
But, reaching hurricane strength is still possible. Especially if the Texas solution is correct, like the Euro suggests. #debby
— James Spann (@spann) June 23, 2012
Given the ECMWF's track record, my gut tells me that soon to be #Debby is headed for TX next week. Time will tell.
— Ed Piotrowski (@EdPiotrowski) June 23, 2012
Wow entire state of TX is in cone of uncertainty! @TWCBreaking #Tropical Storm #Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. http://t.co/hdQ3OJQq
— Stephanie Munoz (@Stephiemtx) June 23, 2012
If you live in one of the potential paths of this storm, be safe.
Update:
The storm has officially been categorized as a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm #Debby advisory 1 issued. Tropical storm #Debby forms in the central gulf of mexico http://t.co/IdMfcu52
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) June 23, 2012
RT @stevecaparotta: #Debby forms in Gulf. Tropical Storm Warning posted from MS/LA line to Morgan City. #lawx
— WAFB (@WAFB) June 23, 2012
Side note: #Debby is the earliest "D" storm to form on record, surpassing Dennis in 2005, which formed on July 5. /KT
— MemphisWeather.net (@memphisweather1) June 23, 2012