hurricane newton tropical cyclones intercepted hurricane hunter flights moderately active pacific hurricane season tropical depression formed near central_america september days later depression upgraded tropical storm moving northwest newton strengthened hurricane september paralleling coast newton ashore near cabo september shortly entering hurricane attaining peak intensity mph following day newton moved ashore mexican mainland newton dissipated september remnants newton continued united_states eventually emerged atlantic_ocean homes lost roofs damage mexico fairly minor fatalities reported association newton remnants produced fairly heavy rains great plains meteorological history origins newton tropical disturbed weather near nicaragua mid september steered upper level trough located system moved westward developed tropical depression utc september located beneath anticyclone situated sea surface temperatures system steadily intensified paralleled mexican coast upgraded tropical storm newton early september hours newton attained winds mph storm turned northwest utc september reported newton attained hurricane strength located west northwest shortly hurricane hurricane hunter aircraft investigated newton aircraft passed center utc september observing winds mph mph hours later hurricane reached minimum pressure inhg storms intercepted aircraft season moving north northwest hurricane briefly turned northwest general direction baja california peninsula day utc september landfall town situated northeast category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale emerging storm reached peak wind speed mph time tropical cyclone situated north baja california sur utc hurricane moved ashore near quickly dissipated remains cyclone moved new_mexico remnants entered atlantic_ocean later month prior system landfall noted threat high waves storm surge flooding addition navy army police high alert populated areas like hurricane mainland roughly people evacuated shelters city time population prior landfall hours passage hurricane returned home making landfall baja california peninsula moderate rainfall recorded officials reported roofs blown homes high winds blew trees utility poles addition peak rainfall total inches reported overall damage mexico minor anticipated injuries fatalities reported association newton cold predicted cause heavy rains portions united_states flash flood warnings watches issued national_weather_service parts western texas new_mexico arizona country highest rainfall inches kansas rainfall extended far east pennsylvania kansas_city missouri customers power heavy rainfall downed power lines
Hurricane Newton (1986)