tropical storm dean tropical short lived storm formed late july lasted early august fourth named storm atlantic hurricane season spent life tropical depression briefly gained tropical storm status landfall texas coast july landfall dissipated central texas august impacts dean minimal mainly heavy rain oklahoma texas caused localized coastal inland flooding tornadoes touched texas result dean landfall families evacuated flooding area fatality recorded result flooding oklahoma highways flooded oklahoma travel state addition approximately dollars worth damage recorded aftermath dean meteorological history precursor system form dean stationary situated northeastern gulf_of_mexico week july july developed weak upper level circulation indicated reports gulf structure disorganized process organizing system continued organize early july afternoon developed surface circulation tropical depression spawned dean thought formed utc july later declared tropical depression day center located miles southeast new_orleans depression slowly tracked westward blocked ridge high pressure north system frequent reconnaissance surveillance depression remained poorly organized continued tropical depression status july organization system hindered development despite favorable conditions low wind shear warm sea surface temperatures late july system began execute turn northwest increase forward speed remained poorly organized tropical depression south louisiana july system circulation began organize reports tropical storm force reported moved closer texas coast based national_hurricane_center nhc issued tropical storm warnings texas louisiana coast louisiana corpus texas later afternoon strengthened tropical storm dean located coast hurricane_hunters confirmed dean strengthened final hours landfall texas coast mph storm landfall near texas utc july shortly landfall dean weakened tropical depression strength tracked northwest texas depression stalled central texas august remained hours day dropping heavy rain parts state late august merged non tropical dissipated remnants dean eventually moved oklahoma caused heavy rainfall forcing roads close rescues dean dropped heavy rain midwest states areas kansas received seven inches rain illinois missouri indiana areas received inches rain dean preparations dean proximity land formation little warning advance storm tropical storm warnings issued utc july louisiana corpus texas warnings hours landfall allowed utc july impact damage dean concentrated states texas oklahoma damage mainly heavy rain states total cost damage totaled usd usd texas texas damage inland flooding heavy rainfall inches reported large texas heaviest measured inches near texas rainfall amounts inches common eastern state total houses flooded southeast texas freshwater flooding resulted evacuation families people evacuate homes near texas storm surge impacts fairly minor ranging feet mean sea level portion flooded storm surge significant property damage reported result minor beach erosion street flooding reported highest wind gust land mph field tornadoes confirmed result dean touched touched near tornadoes rated scale minor damage oklahoma oklahoma saw heavy rain remnants dean inches rain fell town highest inches recorded great salt plains dam oklahoma homes flooded area heavy rain cars found stranded high water thunderstorms associated dean remnants dumped heavy rain state resulting flash flooding areas flooding areas travel near impossible highway highway closed flash flooding covering roadways feet water times roads remained flooded closed days arrival dean remnants death small child reported child swept away flood waters rest united_states parts received significant rainfall rain recorded louisiana inches rain fell alabama received inches rain mississippi got inches rain dean cut heavy rain midwest kansas missouri illinois indiana michigan primarily effected florida received heavy rainfall areas getting inches rain
Tropical Storm Dean (1995)