tropical storm tropical storm tropical cyclone record landfall city twice forming tropical wave september gradually strengthened tropical storm moved north september reaching strength storm turned westward intensified nearly attaining hurricane status day storm peaked winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg hours later landfall near texas storm began execute loop causing gulf_of_mexico september storm landfall weakening depression remnants eventually dissipated early september northern mexico erratic movement storm texas coastline significant rainfall fell areas near center parts louisiana led widespread flooding especially farmland left million damages people killed storm meteorological history tropical storm originated tropical wave formed central caribbean_sea late august tracking west northwest convective activity increased overall structure system improved august weak area low pressure formed system tracked northward organized tropical depression southeastern coast yucatán_peninsula september gradually intensifying depression tropical storm september turned west accordance upgrade given upgrade followed reconnaissance mission system found sustained winds mph complex steering formed later day resulting hostile environment cyclone neared texas coastline managed intensify strong tropical storm winds mph reconnaissance reported winds excess hurricane force numerous associated storm lowest pressure recorded mbar hpa inhg classified hurricane developed eyewall center circulation subsequently landfall texas late september executing loop storm second landfall september moving inland storm quickly weakened depression september dissipating early day northern mexico preparations impact september national_hurricane_center nhc issued gale warnings hurricane watches areas louisiana mouth mississippi later day extended westward texas eventually warnings areas east louisiana canceled unexpected loop taken gale warnings extended far south texas september nhc discontinued watches warnings associated storm time national_weather_service issued flood warnings warned residents possibility tornadoes forming weakening tropical cyclone cameron louisiana estimated residents evacuated memories storm killed city fresh erratic track storm texas coastline widespread heavy rains fell areas near storm louisiana tides addition rainfall caused significant flooding area million reported damages homes flooding southern louisiana numerous areas received rain state recorded rainfall led widespread flooding particularly agricultural areas damages crops amounted million addition flooding rains produced tornadoes touched storm injuring people people killed directly related storm deaths resulted car crash triggered slick roads occupants truck killed fifth death resulted occurred man boarding home suffered stress induced heart attack outer bands storm produced significant rainfall arkansas oklahoma peaking respectively
Tropical Storm Delia (1973)