tropical storm tropical storm weak costly tropical cyclone affected lesser antilles september fourth named tropical storm atlantic hurricane season developed september east barbados landfall early september producing heavy rainfall tropical storm force wind gusts rains caused flooding landslides damaging half island banana plantations villages isolated roads bridges damaged damage totaled million usd nearby damaged crops fisheries crossing strongest thunderstorms located north east center wind shear station martinique reported hurricane force winds people island lost power entering eastern caribbean_sea attained peak winds mph continued wind shear caused storm dissipate september puerto_rico person died high waves storm caused power outages flooding dominican_republic path killed people meteorological history origins tropical storm tropical wave moved coast africa september september satellite images indicated vigorous tropical wave intense convection midway africa encountering northwesterly vertical wind shear convection markedly decreased weakened following day september shear dropped post analysis indicate sixth tropical depression season developed september utc east barbados operationally classified tropical depression hours later early september satellite imagery indicated surface circulation north barbados time national_hurricane_center nhc initiated advisories increasing organization tropical depression prompted reconnaissance aircraft investigation reported flight level winds mph intense northeast center flight estimated surface winds mph indicated depression intensified tropical storm ongoing wind shear removed thunderstorms circulation utc september storm landfall winds mph organized satellite imagery stations martinique nearby ships reported storm intensified eastern caribbean_sea peak strength mph utc winds known storm active time peak intensity nhc operationally estimated winds mph storm continued quickly west northwest affected strong wind shear maintaining strong winds reconnaissance flight september observe closed circulation result estimated dissipated utc day south puerto_rico remnants continued west diminished mexico september clouds spread gulf_of_mexico preparations impact advisory issued governments barbados issued tropical storm warnings addition issued flood warning developed nhc recommended tropical storm warning issued martinique government officials issued heavy rain warning instead affected barbados passed island north producing winds mph southwest barbados minor roof damage north storm damaged roads caused power outages combination winds heavy rains damaged acres acres acres root crops acres tree crops damage crops fisheries estimated million million usd storm paid claims country amounting million usd tropical storm struck wind gusts island reached mph damage path heaviest island storm affected produced heavy rainfall thunderstorms hour period caused flooding rivers low lying areas high rainfall totals wrecked houses forcing people evacuate shelters roadways washed covered landslides bridges destroyed severely damaged limited access villages island landslides affected town saint heavy rains covered international airport floods reached waist deep levels town residents rescued boat storm damaged half banana plantations island towns lost access water supplies prompted governments martinique provide fresh water country overall injuries deaths deaths landslides storm prisoners escaped jail reports looting capital city storm damaged ward evacuated hospital scheduled reconstruction effects provided new assessment rebuilding damage estimated million million usd storm paid claims crop damage country totaling million million usd largest event year history insurance claims disasters government responded damage repairing damaged buildings bridges crops removing major rivers moving station southeastern martinique reported minute sustained winds mph gust mph observation provided basis peak intensity storm active strongest winds known time minute wind mph gust mph half island experienced precipitation highest rainfall total island high rains caused flooding island woman drowned flooded river washed away car high winds downed trees covered roads damage banana crop people lost power storm active nasa satellite fired storm measure cloud heights experiment moved caribbean_sea tropical storm warning issued puerto_rico high winds spread puerto_rico reported peak wind gust mph winds downed trees power lines island caused isolated roof house damage high seas entered coastal homes prevented ferry passage cabo puerto_rico high waves swept away men fishing coast injured killed later tropical storm warning issued southern coasts dominican_republic haiti dissipated remnants maintained strong winds station dominican_republic reported gust mph september storm downed power lines leaving hundreds homes electricity contributing deaths expressway rivers flooded country
Tropical Storm Debby (1994)