tropical storm tropical storm weak short lived tropical storm landfall southern mexican coast area convection organized tropical depression september initially forecast stay offshore depression headed northward strengthened tropical storm day turned northwest peaked minimal tropical storm landfall near september storm soon weakened tropical depression later september rapidly dissipated mexico prior making landfall tropical cyclone warnings watches issued portion pacific_coast mexico making landfall fatalities injuries reported bus flipped houses acapulco damaged washed away flash flooding city trees brought numerous streets flooded highest rainfall reported resulting devastation homes flooded families evacuated month hurricane affected locations meteorological history origins tropical storm persistent monsoon like area convection possibly related hurricane situated west coast central_america september convective activity generally increased days estimated poorly defined surface circulation developed late september low gradually better organized utc september national_hurricane_center nhc reported disturbance developed tropical depression thirteen southwest acapulco initially storm expected pass close mexican coast attain peak intensity mph shortly nhc upgraded depression tropical storm based intensity estimates dvorak technique time expected onshore mexican coast utc september tropical storm attained peak intensity mph reaching minimum barometric pressure inhg peak storm centered west northwest turning northwest landfall coast landfall rapidly deteriorated mountainous terrain utc september storm downgraded tropical depression storm initially expected enter extreme southern gulf california regain tropical storm strength dissipated near later day instead preparations impact aftermath tropical cyclone tropical cyclone warnings watches issued portions pacific_coast mexico tropical storm warning issued san tropical storm watch effect september storm weakened depression land watches warnings dropped making landfall reported mph winds gusts mph utc september addition peak pressure inhg reported highest rainfall reported inches guerrero record rainfall reported guerrero tropical storm responsible heavy rains homes damaged destroyed city numerous roofs damaged trees fell houses streets flooded acapulco heavy rains triggered flash flooding damaged houses rivers overflowed banks furthermore homes flooded roughly families evacuated shelters addition small lost roof storm high winds outskirts situated inland school bus carrying kids flipped killing injuring estimated acres crops lost storm parts guerrero later declared disaster area city quickly cleaned proceeding storm month hurricane affected locations impacted
Tropical Storm Julio (2002)