What Was The First Tropical Storm Of 2024. Debby first hit land monday morning as a category 1 hurricane over florida's big bend coast. The tropical disturbance south of texas in the gulf of mexico has intensified into the first tropical storm of the 2024 atlantic hurricane season.

The national weather service confirmed the tornadoes touched down in moncks corner and edisto island from tropical storm debby. Was only briefly a category 1 hurricane — the weakest hurricane classification — before it was downgraded to a tropical storm after.