hurricane caroline tropical cyclones affect northern mexico atlantic hurricane season named storm second hurricane season caroline developed august north dominican_republic system crossed cuba briefly degenerated tropical wave land interaction emergence western caribbean_sea designated tropical depression defined circulation observed satellite imagery moving west northwest cyclone northern portion yucatán_peninsula entering gulf_of_mexico caroline upgraded tropical storm august central gulf mexico rapid intensification began early august caroline reached peak intensity winds mph landfall south texas winds mph shortly moving inland caroline quickly weakened dissipated mountainous terrain northeastern mexico september deaths caroline indirect heavy rainfall southern texas mexico including port meteorological history tropical wave exited west coast africa august rapidly moved westward mph august system turned northeast away slowed time miles northeast puerto_rico august system changed course second time turned southwest noon august satellite imagery showed disturbance establishing closed area circulation winds reaching mph barometric pressure falling inhg disturbance neared northeastern cuba southeastern bahamas crossed cuba momentarily weakened tropical wave cyclone regained tropical depression status august continued westward gulf_of_mexico northeastern tip yucatán_peninsula tropical depression continued west mph storm entered area favorable intensification august tropical system strengthened tropical storm named caroline national_hurricane_center time storm miles east southeast texas caroline forward speed slowed mph intensifying day caroline upgraded hurricane status making landfall hurricane hunter aircraft flew caroline center august data collected aircraft showed barometric pressure reading inhg winds mph hours later hurricane rapidly intensified winds reaching mph pressure dropping inhg pressure fell inhg storm landfall miles south august caroline rapidly weakened tropical depression hours landfall dissipated september northeastern mexico experiments national oceanic atmospheric administration research planes conducted experiments caroline experiments study measure wind velocity environment inside eye boundary layer hurricane results experiments concluded caroline higher dissipation rate normal hurricanes dissipating rate averaging conclusion suggested energy hurricane dissipating internally surface layer times higher energy dissipating surface preparations impact caroline brushed southeastern bahamas landfall eastern cuba tropical depression effects unknown national_hurricane_center issued hurricane watch coastal sections south texas northern mexico august small water craft advised deteriorating conditions texas local officials opened storm shelters relief clean organizations notified upcoming threat local oil evacuated personnel addition relief squads moved case storm landfall director national_hurricane_center advised beaches evacuate stating doesn want trapped caroline compact size sustained winds reached mph texas storm dropped heavy rain southern portion state caroline broke record rainfall hour period month august rainfall caused minor flooding helped end prolonged drought canceled labor day holiday season busiest weekends tourism island caroline produced storm tides feet normal coastal sections southern texas overall damage southern texas minor indirect fatalities drowning incidents galveston mexico coastal residents evacuated storm shelters south residents evacuated storm shelters miles northeast mexico residents evacuated shelters miles south storm produced feet storm tides coastal sections mexico rain inland areas caused moderate flooding caused people evacuate left moderate damage homes businesses rains broke month drought affecting inland areas northern mexico affecting area corn production coast small villages sustained significant damage hurricane storm surge
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