Tropical Storm Debby
NFIP flood claims
- Florida is the only state listed, with 100.0% of the storm’s paid claims.
- By paid claims (1,755), Tropical Storm Debby is the 15th lowest of 42 named storms covered here, and the 7th lowest of 42 by median paid claim in 2024 dollars.
- The storm’s paid claims are spread over many counties: the first, Pasco County, FL, holds 30.0% of them, ahead of Pinellas County, FL and Duval County, FL.
- In 2024 dollars (CPI-U), its median paid claim, $14,753, is 41.7% below the middle value of the storm medians ($25,316).
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipClaims (v3, data as of 2026-09-09, retrieved 2026-10-12); CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items (CUUR0000SA0), annual average (BLS Public Data API v1, annual averages 2005-2025, retrieved 2026-10-12). Not an official federal report.
Landfall and storm report
The National Hurricane Center’s HURDAT2 best track of Tropical Storm Debby (AL042012, retrieved 2026-10-12) records 1 landfall, in or near a US county. It came on 2012-06-26 at 21:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 35 kt: HURDAT2 position 29.3N 83.2W, rounded to 0.1°; county containing or nearest it: Dixie County, FL.
| Date | Time (UTC) | Position | Strength | Wind (kt) | Pressure (mb) | County containing or nearest the position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-26 | 21:00 | 29.3N 83.2W | tropical storm | 35 | 995 | Dixie County, FL (2.6 km) |
National Hurricane Center report
From the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Debby (retrieved 2026-10-12):
“Debby was a large tropical storm that formed in the south-central Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in the Florida Big Bend region.”
“It caused considerable freshwater flooding, primarily in central and northern Florida.”
NFIP paid building claims in Tropical Storm Debby
NFIP claims: amounts paid, not repair cost. Window: event: Tropical Storm Debby, year of loss 2012; 1,755 paid claims; median $10,798, half of them between $3,710 (Q1) and $27,996 (Q3), in nominal dollars. Median in 2024 dollars (CPI-U): $14,753, a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Paid claims by year of loss
| Year of loss | Paid claims |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,755 |
Paid claims by state
| State | Paid claims | Median paid |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1,755 | $10,798 |
Counties with the most paid claims
| County | FIPS | Paid claims |
|---|---|---|
| Pasco County | 12101 | 526 |
| Pinellas County | 12103 | 360 |
| Duval County | 12031 | 197 |
| Clay County | 12019 | 141 |
Questions about Tropical Storm Debby flood claims
How many flood insurance claims were paid after Tropical Storm Debby?
1,755 NFIP building claims carrying FEMA’s Tropical Storm Debby event label were paid (event: Tropical Storm Debby, year of loss 2012), with a median of $10,798; half of them fall between $3,710 and $27,996. These are amounts paid, not repair cost.
Which counties had the most Tropical Storm Debby flood claims?
Pasco County, FL (526), Pinellas County, FL (360) and Duval County, FL (197), across 1 state listed.
What is the median Tropical Storm Debby flood claim in 2024 dollars?
$14,753 once each claim is adjusted with the CPI-U, against $10,798 in nominal dollars: a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Related tools
Paid claims of Tropical Storm Debby are not repair estimates: to estimate the cleanup of a flooded basement from published cost-guide rates, use the basement water damage repair cost calculator; for water removal and drying after any water loss, the water damage and mitigation calculator.
To set these figures against every State on one claims window, amounts paid, not repair cost: NFIP paid building claims by state.
Before using these figures
A storm total counts NFIP-insured buildings with a paid claim, not all the damage of the storm. Method and limits.
Source and notice
- Storm = floodEvent "Tropical Storm Debby" with yearOfLoss 2012; window of the extraction: yearOfLoss 2005-2025.
This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).