tropical storm norman tropical storm norman brought minor flooding western mexico record rainfall areas texas september fourteenth tropical cyclone fourteenth named storm pacific hurricane season norman developed near southern tip baja california early september developing tropical cyclone september norman attained peak intensity maximum sustained winds mph heading northward storm began weaken later day southwesterly wind shear land interaction norman curved northwestward weakened tropical depression early september time briefly moved inland near emerging later september norman degenerated remnant low pressure area anticipation storm tropical storm warning issued portion pacific_coast mexico additionally orange yellow green blue posted states shelters opened people sought refuge heavy rainfall norman reported baja california sur baja california sur mudslides flooding left roads impassable mainly area flooding left streets inundated families fled homes cars area swept away remnants norman brought record rainfall totals areas texas local flooding occurred roads inundated woman died vehicle swept road meteorological history tropical wave emerged atlantic_ocean west coast africa september wave moved westward atlantic basin minimal deep convection september reached eastern pacific_ocean began increasing shower thunderstorm activity days located near acapulco burst convection occurred september likely interaction time tropical weather system information issued hours significant areas disturbed weather potential development hours tropical wave split september northern portion moving northwestward near southwestern coast mexico september system organized deep convection producing tropical storm force winds data indicated lacked closed circulation issued september predicted high probability development chances tropical cyclogenesis decreased later day system close proximity land september satellite data ships observations indicated closed circulation tropical storm norman developed utc located southeast cabo san lucas initially storm expected intensify slightly making landfall september dissipate following day developing tropical cyclone utc september norman attained peak intensity maximum sustained winds mph norman began heading northward mid upper level low west mid level ridge gulf_of_mexico later september storm entered began weakening significant increase wind shear interaction land time cloud pattern organized convection displaced circulation early september storm curved northwestward downgraded tropical depression difficulty locating center circulation significant norman landfall near winds mph utc september shortly storm curved west northwestward emerged norman degenerated remnant low pressure area utc september remnant low moved slowly west southwestward dissipating baja california sur near september preparations impact government mexico issued tropical storm warning pacific coast mexico utc september early following day tropical storm warning discontinued orange alert high risk issued parts state yellow alert effect baja california sur green alert declared southern blue alert minimum risk issued north central officials deployed soldiers cities according state director schools available operate temporary shelters shelters capacity people people spent night storm shelters furthermore total food packages sent residents mainland authorities municipality opened shelters total capacity addition classes suspended states tropical storm norman brought extremely heavy rains baja california sur ports cabo del cabo closed boats water activities waves recorded mudslides wash flooding cars swept away rains caused norman represent important contribution dams state mean water levels rising fisherman rescued near port boat tipped fisherman initially reported missing following passage storm missing people later found alive street flooding reported total families evacuated fishing villages mainland following storm state emergency declared municipalities remnants norman brought record rains texas peak rainfall total fell camp austin inches rain fell hour period breaking daily precipitation record set central portion state rainfall system expected roads temporarily closed flooding women killed car swept roadway tornado warning issued corpus area
Tropical Storm Norman (2012)