Tropical Storm Debby won’t last much longer, but its moisture and remnant spin will wring out locally flooding rain from the Carolinas to New England through early Saturday.
Current status: Debby is centered near the South Carolina coast, moving slowly. It’s producing bands of heavy rain from eastern South Carolina to North Carolina and southern Virginia. Any flash flood or tornado warnings are shown by the polygons in the map below.
A tornado watch is in effect until 8 a.m. EDT for parts of eastern North Carolina, including most of the Outer Banks.
After its center is back over land, Debby’s remnant will move faster and sweep through the mid-Atlantic and interior Northeast Friday into early Saturday while interacting with a pair of fronts, resulting in pockets of locally heavy rain across those regions.
Debby formed from a tropical wave the National Hurricane Center first started highlighting for possible development in the Atlantic on July 26.
Dry air kept it from developing for days as it tracked toward the northern Caribbean Islands.
Eventually, it sprouted enough showers and thunderstorms, and prompted the NHC to designate Tropical Depression Four at 11 p.m. EDT on Aug. 2 near Cuba.