caused extensive flooding mexico texas september sixth tropical cyclone sixth named storm annual hurricane season developed low pressure area gulf_of_mexico september cyclone moved northward western gulf_of_mexico making landfall central texas coastline midwest southeast canada new_england large tropical cyclone average sized system western pacific standards storm produced heavy rains texas western louisiana great plains interaction developing storm produced torrential rainfall southeastern mexico causing flooding killed people caused million damage coastal flooding overran coasts louisiana texas worsened river flooding region federal disaster states louisiana texas september damage relating tropical cyclone damage totaled million dollars mainly flooding direct death indirect death associated tropical storm second tropical cyclone hit texas season meteorological history storm formed sea surface temperatures normal tropical eastern pacific_ocean hurricane earl developed moved away region broad area low pressure formed southwest caribbean september moved northwest slowly organized gulf_of_mexico series tropical waves prevented rapid development september large area convection located western gulf_of_mexico day system developed tropical depression miles east southeast texas initially depression large defined center circulation resembled monsoon depression commonly seen depression drifted southward strengthened september turned northwest strengthened warm water temperatures weak vertical shear large anticyclone aloft making landfall texas storm reached peak mph quickly weakened continued inland shortly landfall storm executed small loop turning north dissipating tropical cyclone september remnant low persisted day frontal wave iowa frontal wave moved new_england north atlantic 16th preparations tropical storm warning issued texas coast afternoon 8th afternoon warning area extended southward northeast mexico afternoon 10th strong winds louisiana coast led extension tropical storm warning eastward 11th moved inland tropical storm warnings slowly lifted impact federal disaster states louisiana texas september damage relating tropical cyclone little wind damage caused million usd damage flooding addition killed person counties texas louisiana declared disaster areas mexico simultaneous development tropical storm located west mexico pacific moisture produced area thunderstorms extended east southeastern mexico interaction depression produced days heavy rainfall sierra september station named recorded rainfall highest rainfall total country period highest rainfall total related tropical cyclone population people directly affected flooding significantly near mexico border day rainfall total produced flash floods mudslides rainfall total represented town average annual precipitation homes destroyed town fatalities rains caused river basins exceed banks following floods officials created channel divert flooding floods damaged destroyed bridges damage pacific_coast interrupted travel weeks houses damaged forcing people government shelters floods affected acres overall damage estimated million usd representing mexico worst natural disaster mexico_city earthquake sierra disaster considered year event deaths government report flooding indicated people killed missing storm mexican government established study determine cause impact flooding louisiana outskirts storm dropped inches rain southwest louisiana inches rainfall near new_orleans louisiana rainfall helped relieve drought conditions coast system caused storm surge feet cameron worst experienced coast southwest louisiana hurricane storm surge swept away houses destroyed fishing pier submerged tornado outer bands storm killed person parish injured tornadoes witnessed statewide seven touching addition storm caused indirect death new_orleans area automobile accident games involving triple baseball champion cancelled rain francis got called thanks assistance ground crews game went planned won sending series texas winds high miles hour coast lowest pressure reported land station inches mercury hpa texas tornadoes touched galveston major disaster declaration issued galveston harris counties caused significant amounts flooding southeastern texas peak inches houston texas metropolitan area severe flooding reported houston homes businesses houston damaged destroyed floods addition main highways houston washed leaving motorists stranded sections middle texas coast closer point landfall golden triangle southeast texas reported inches rainfall resulting significant flood damage roads bridges submerged near flooding reported roads subdivision flooded flooding disrupted barge traffic phillips petroleum facility coastal flooding occurred advance cyclone landfall storm surge feet measured pass texas feet measured pier san pass pier severely damaged coastal flooding worsened flooding area rivers waters blocked flowing southeast gulf_of_mexico pass cut mainland week passage east eased coastal flooding conditions
Tropical Storm Frances (1998)