tropical storm tropical storm second tropical storms hit united_states atlantic hurricane season fourth named storm season developed interaction high altitude cold low lower tropical wave gulf_of_mexico forming august upgraded tropical storm based data hurricane hunter aircraft approached coast attained peak winds mph storm landfall coast louisiana east texas border deaths caused storm weakened moved inland ultimately dissipated august arkansas meteorological history originated upper level cold core low pressure system developed southwestern florida late august low moved southwest yucatán_peninsula day tropical wave drifted westwards caribbean_sea interaction upper level system wave led formation tropical depression august miles south new_orleans depression drifted westward western periphery high pressure area weakened tracked north slowly strengthened reconnaissance aircraft found surface winds mph august depression upgraded tropical storm aircraft recorded minimum pressure mbar hpa inhg approached coast louisiana additional flight system found drop surface pressure mbar hpa inhg peak winds approximately mph august observation stations coast recorded sustained winds mph august passed miles west storm landfall texas louisiana august stations recorded surface pressures mbar hpa inhg moved north northeast louisiana arkansas central pressure rose slightly south central arkansas low pressure system merged frontal trough august frontal wave drifted southern illinois traveled eastbound days tornadoes reported system texas louisiana mississippi shortly landfall preparations impact louisiana flash flood watch issued advance louisiana oil companies shut operations evacuated employees offshore oil texas louisiana despite evacuations foot wave killed person rig miles offshore cameron evacuation centers set help needing shelter departing cameron area red_cross opened shelters parish public schools louisiana thousand people evacuated number louisiana moderate flooding especially parish rainfall amounted inches lake charles inches inches monroe flash flood warnings issued storm louisiana mississippi arkansas missouri tennessee dawn august streets tides normal levels confirmed tornado settlement knocked trailer greatest rainfall caused recorded freshwater recorded louisiana tides normal wind gust miles hour miles hour recorded reports downed trees damage roofs new_orleans tides feet feet normal gale warnings prompted galveston texas louisiana august confirmed tornado texas damaged trailer home power lines inches rainfall recorded texas inches area caused minor street flooding tides normal corpus tides galveston normal tornado spawned mississippi destroyed mobile homes house killing person seriously injuring tornado tracked mississippi rice stands knocked gusts wind tropical storm rainfall recorded locations mississippi missouri illinois tornadoes reported memphis tennessee arkansas flora mississippi ascension parishes north louisiana person hurt memphis tornado power knocked blocks gas supplies cut memphis downed trees power poles blocked streets overall damage caused minimal
Tropical Storm Debra (1978)