tropical storm barbara tropical storm barbara tropical cyclone landfall pacific hurricane season second storm season barbara developed small low pressure area miles southeast acapulco mexico system drifted southward turning steadily eastward motion quickly intensified tropical storm increased wind shear weakened barbara organized attain peak winds mph moving ashore west border mexico guatemala rapidly weakened land june national_hurricane_center discontinued advisories storm despite expectations storm attain hurricane status barbara moved ashore small weak tropical storm produced locally heavy rainfall gusty winds locations damage minor southern mexico rainfall destroyed large areas crop damage totaling million million usd el_salvador people killed storm induced floods meteorological history tropical wave moved coast africa believed impetus barbara wave axis crossed central_america emerged eastern day interacting broad surface low pressure area developed area drifted northward system maintained limited disorganized convection convection increased concentrated near low pressure center banding features developed eastern circulation better defined estimated system formed tropical depression utc miles southeast tropical cyclone depression stationary area warm sea surface temperatures light wind shear favorable upper level conditions hours tropical cyclone deep convection associated depression decreased increased later day ragged developed southeastern quadrant circulation based increased dvorak numbers improved presentation satellite imagery national_hurricane_center upgraded depression tropical storm barbara located miles south marked time record storms formed basin initially barbara forecast intensify attain hurricane status reach winds mph storm drifted southward later eastward northerly flow mid- upper level trough gulf_of_mexico defined outflow warm sea surface temperatures barbara better organized tightly curved bands convection developed near center increased wind shear deteriorated definition circulation causing storm weaken later day system contained small circulation large scale trough early june downgraded tropical depression status later day convective banding features developed indicated defined circulation system barbara upgraded tropical storm status storm reached peak winds mph turned northeast tracked break ridge extending southwest gulf_of_mexico banding features continued organize shortly moving ashore low level eye feature developed utc june barbara landfall west border mexico guatemala center quickly deteriorated tropical depression status mountainous terrain extreme southeastern barbara dissipated hours moving ashore preparations impact early duration cyclone national_hurricane_center recommended interests coast southwestern mexico monitor progress storm regaining tropical storm status june governments guatemala mexico issued tropical storm watch mexico later track apparent watch replaced tropical storm warning tropical storm watch extended westward mexico officials mexico allocated emergency funds southern regions preparation potential flooding disaster people evacuated emergency shelters outer rainbands storm began affecting guatemala southeastern mexico late june mexico peak hour rainfall total inches southeastern mexico rainfall led normal levels rivers automatic surface station mexico recorded sustained winds mph gusts mph shortly landfall locations damage storm minor limited downed light posts damaged roofs brief power winds rains storm caused moderate severe crop damage mountain range southern miles banana crops destroyed miles coffee damaged passage storm resulted damage beans vegetables crop damage totaling million million usd result crop damage government mexico provided million million usd financial aid affected farmers guatemala near border winds storm destroyed roofs dozen palm forcing residents evacuate winds downed hundreds trees near coastline heavy rainfall storm led river flooding island separated mainland bridge washed away heavy rains periphery storm triggered significant flooding el_salvador killed people
Tropical Storm Barbara (2007)