Debby Keeps Tampa Bay on High Alert
A tornado watch continues for most of the Tampa Bay area through this afternoon.
Sunday’s heavy rains and frequent tornado warnings aren’t a thing of the past. The National Weather Service says the entire Tampa Bay area is in for another bumpy ride today courtesy of Tropical Storm Debby.
The tornado watch that was in effect for most of the region has been extended once again until 2 p.m. Monday. It includes such counties as Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota and Manatee.
A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for tornado development.
Yesterday counties throughout the Tampa area saw their tornado watches turn into warnings as multiple funnel clouds were reported. Some areas also saw heavy flooding and experienced power losses.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service are calling for a 90 percent chance of thunderstorms today and have issued coastal flood warnings and flood warnings for many counties. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the Tampa Bay area.
Forecasters say Debby has weakened, but remains stationary. That means she’s positioned to dump more bad weather on the Bay area for at least another day. Debby's current track has her striking somewhere in the Panhandle later this week. The storm is expected to weaken further as the week wears on.
A look ahead in weather shows little improvement in our area over the next few days. Rain chances remain high through Wednesday.
For more information about the storm, visit the National Weather Service online.
To keep up with hazardous weather warnings, visit the weather service's severe weather summary page.
Has your neighborhood experienced flooding or wind damage? Let us know in the comments section.
Stay with Patch for updates on the storm as they become available.
Alexander Sanders
8:35 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
I live on New Tampa and the winds were horrible last night, a oak tree branch fell off and landed on my garage and inside my garage was my car, hopefully things will get better for me :(
Sherri Lonon
8:43 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
So sorry to hear that Alexander. I hope no one was hurt!
AJ McClain
8:59 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
That's awful Alex I hope you have good insurance lol
Debbie Reeves
9:04 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
I am checking in regularly from No a Scotia for information. Thanks for the updates and local information.
Charles Schelle
10:06 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
I'm sure you were surprised seeing a tropical storm develop off of Newfoundland and Labrador!
Micheline
9:21 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
We live in Canada and we bought a mobile Home in febuary 2012, please sent us news about the tornado Debby around 38th ave and 34th st nd.
thanks
Charles Schelle
10:04 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
Hi Micheline -- which city? We have this story posted on several Patch sites.
Deryll Johnston
10:35 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
Just joined this website and may I say you have a lot of great bloggers! Keep up the great blogging and keep us informed!!!!
Dave G
10:42 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
I live in sea pines in Hudson and the roads are flooded in both exit directions. The tide has not dropped below normal high tide and the water has no where to go
Michelle Meyer
11:49 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
Anybody have info about coquina key?
Leah K. Byrd
12:33 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Jeff Road off of Indian Rocks Road had car windows blown out, trees on powerlines and continues with high gusts of wind. No standing water.
Catherine Trammell
1:22 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
I have friends and family there and I use to live there,I'm praying that everyone is okay and things get better soon, has any deaths be reported or injury and is everyone odff work, if not how's is everyone getting there if the streets look like swimming pools? Please let me know something.
Sherri Lonon
1:24 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Hi Catherine, we haven't had any deaths in the Tampa Bay area thank God! Most places of business are open, but a lot of major roads are inaccessible. We'll keep you posted.
bert hastings
1:29 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
I live on Idlewild dr. n and the ditchbehind our house was even with hte bridge that crosses into the park. We had standing water in our back yard
warren dorazio
5:39 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Hi everyone!
We live in Crystal Bay Mobile home park but are away and would love to know if the park has been flooded?
Thanks
Warren
michael sullivan (uk)
5:22 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
I land in Tampa on the 3 July from the uk.this will be my third time at the beachcomber in st peres since last oct.will debbie have gone by the 4th?
Denise Houston
7:32 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Michael... So far it looks like it will have moved on...
Keith Brown
12:48 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
How are the beaches holding up? I see that Pass-a-Grille beach is basically gone.
We are thinking of coming down in two weeks and I wonder if Indian Rocks beach has been hit hard like that.
Leigh Armstrong
1:42 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
It's been hit hard, but not nearly as bad as Pass-A-Grille. Pass-A-Grille had a tornado run through it so they've suffered more damage than the other beaches.
Sherri Lonon
1:03 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Hi Keith, I'm not sure about Indian Rocks. Pinellas Beaches Patch has been covering all the localized damage over there. I'll check with that editor to see if there's any news.
Keith Brown
1:46 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Thanks to both of you. We usually go to the same place when we come down and I think the owners would be pretty straight with us. I just wanted some info from a source with no financial interest before I called them.