hurricane hurricane strongest tropical cyclone pacific hurricane season peaking strong category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale forming tropical wave september tropical depression slowly tracked northwest nearly stationary day shortly depression intensified tropical storm took general westward track gradually intensifying attained hurricane status september attained peak intensity october winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg steady weakening took place october turned northeast land storm continued weaken accelerated eventually landfall baja california peninsula tropical storm late october second landfall mexico shortly weakened depression tracked inland remnants system persisted october dissipated rapid motion storm little impact felt mexico moderate rain fell association peaking flooding destroyed bridge nearby store leaving damage remnants produced significant damage united_states arizona recorded rain storm resulting flash flooding reached depth places nearby flood waters inundated roughly city high winds storm resulted fatality mobile home destroyed damage arizona amounted million meteorological history hurricane originated tropical wave spawned hurricane hugo early september little convective development wave tracked westward atlantic_ocean entering caribbean_sea days later september shower thunderstorm activity increased crossed central_america entered eastern september wave sufficiently organized dvorak technique implemented system national_hurricane_center nhc estimated wave spawned tropical depression miles south acapulco mexico operationally nhc begin issuing advisories depression september time system outflow developed depression nearly stationary mid level low mexico moved south shortly depression upgraded tropical storm given nhc maintained small area deep convection center circulation outflow gradually restricted upper level trough mexico southerly wind shear storm began increase late september response low developing southern texas northern mexico led decrease shower thunderstorm activity system preventing intensification time storm resumed general westward track following day storm intensified hurricane ninth final season eye developed september eye defined satellite imagery indicating intensification later day strengthened category hurricane early october reached peak intensity winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg shortly eye increased size symmetrical indicating storm beginning weaken october convection surrounding eye warmed downgraded category hurricane began slow weak steering environment early day category hurricane turned northeast quickly accelerated response approaching long wave trough later october cyclone weakened category storm eye longer present circulation increasing wind shear decreasing water temperatures sped rate weakening approached baja california peninsula utc october center storm landfall municipality mexican state baja california winds mph briefly crossing storm second final landfall state winds mph shortly moving inland weakened tropical depression quickly transitioned extratropical cyclone arizona upper level remnants hurricane persisted october midwest region preparations impact mexico utc october government mexico issued tropical storm warning areas pacific coast baja california areas gulf coast peninsula roughly hours later warning superseded tropical storm warning new warning issued areas pacific coast areas gulf_coast mainland mexico tropical storm watch issued coastal areas utc watches warnings revised pacific coast baja california warning effect areas gulf_coast warning effect areas watch coastal areas upgraded tropical storm warning areas cabo following landfall mainland mexico warnings discontinued utc october significantly weakened prior landfall minor impacts recorded mexico fast forward speed storm limited rain baja california peninsula small area receiving highest rainfall recorded city swollen destroyed heavily traveled bridge known store situated banks river mexican officials estimated damages united_states day prior impacts united_states weather forecasts arizona indicated heavy rainfall associated remnants storm likely trigger flash flooding landslides rainfall rates reaching flash flood watches issued parts southern arizona mountainous northern parts new_mexico october rainfall excess fell parts southern arizona highest state recorded near locations recorded wind gusts mph possibly received winds excess mph highest total united_states recorded independence kansas streets city closed reached worst hit areas reported parts city power hours october storm hardest hit area roughly city runoff mixed sewage contaminated treatment plant cleanup took days plant operational businesses flooded containing water shut power flooded areas safety precaution power lines downed leading early dismissal army classes person killed relation trapped mobile home destroyed high winds flash flooding triggered caused estimated million damage arizona
Hurricane Raymond (1989)