Tropical Storm Debra
Aug 26, 1978 to Aug 29, 1978Peak 58 mph1000 mb
Tropical Storm Debra passed within 50 miles of 10 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Jefferson County, TX, as a tropical storm on August 29, 1978.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Debra · 1978
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 10
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 20
- LA, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 15.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 42.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 67.8 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 98.6 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.