Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 26–29, 1978
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Debra (1978) was a tropical storm of the 1978 Atlantic season. It formed on August 26, 1978, 157 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on August 29, 1978, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.3 days and travelled about 994 miles (1,599 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont, Texas | 37 mi | Aug 29 · 02:00 UTC | TS 50 mph |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 48 mi | Aug 29 · 13:00 UTC | TD 32 mph |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 44 mi | Aug 29 · 18:00 UTC | TD 17 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 23.4°N 88.4°W | 157 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.2°N 89.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.4°N 90.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 24.5°N 91.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.6°N 92.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.1°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 25.8°N 93.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.8°N 94.3°W | 162 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.8°N 94.3°W | 103 mi SE of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 28.7°N 94.1°W | 59 mi SE of Galveston, Texas |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 29.6°N 93.6°W | 28 mi SE of Port Arthur, Texas |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.7°N 93.3°W | 10 mi S of DeRidder, Louisiana |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 32.0°N 93.0°W | 17 mi NNE of Natchitoches, Louisiana |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD | 17 mph | 1005 mb | 34.2°N 92.7°W | 13 mi SSE of Malvern, Arkansas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Debra. Its closest approach to a major city was 37 miles from Beaumont, Texas.
At its peak on August 29, 1978, Debra was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb.
3.3 days, from August 26, 1978 to August 29, 1978. It travelled about 994 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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