original: banding features continued to organize as the system slowly strengthened , and on august 23 debby attained a peak intensity of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- over the open waters of the atlantic ocean .
simplifications: banding features continued to organize as the system slowly strengthened , and on august 23 debby reached a peak strength of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- over the open waters of the atlantic ocean . banding -lrb- surrounding -lrb- an object -rrb- with something in the form of a strip or ring , typically for reinforcement or decoration -rrb- features continued to assemble as the system slowly made stronger , and on august 23 debby reached a peak intensity of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- over the open waters of the atlantic ocean . on august 23rd , debby acquired a peak intensity of 50 mph over the waters of the atlantic ocean . banding features continued to come together as the system slowly got stronger and on august 23 debby reached a top speed of 50 mom -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- on the atlantic ocean . over the open waters of the atlantic ocean , debby attained a peak intensity of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- as the system slowly strengthened banding characters continued to work out as the storm slowly strengthened , and on august 23 , debby reached the maximum intensity of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- over the open waters of the atlantic ocean . banding features continued to organize as the system slowly strengthened , and on august 23 debby reached a peak strength of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- over the open waters of the atlantic ocean . banding features kept organizing as the system slowly got stronger , and on august 23 debby reached a peak intensity of 50 mph -lrb- 85 km / h -rrb- over the waters of the atlantic ocean .