tropical storm short lived tropical storm landfall central mexico august tenth named storm atlantic hurricane season fourth tropical cyclones hurricanes tropical storms landfall mexico year tropical storm formed august landfall mexican state veracruz day retained tropical characteristics day dissipating brought heavy levels rainfall region mudslides caused rainfall killed people directly caused million usd damage meteorological history tropical storm identified tropical wave moved western coast africa august august system spawned tropical depression central atlantic wave continued westward entering caribbean august slight development took place system moved yucatán_peninsula time entered august little convection associated system following morning convection exploded highly favorable divergence upper level flow according readings satellite defined low pressure center developed utc prompting national_hurricane_center classify system time depression situated roughly east veracruz mexico situated warm waters area low wind shear depression able quickly organize proximity land nhc noted system long advantage favorable conditions located south mid level ridge depression tracked north west kept motion remainder existence depression rapidly intensified moved west tropical storm hours later global model guidance initially failed resolve storm track models indicating stall offshore continued strengthen moved coast landfall state veracruz early august winds reaching peak mph landfall eye beginning form storm short hurricane intensity tropical storm quickly weakened landfall dissipated afternoon mountains central mexico hours forming tropical storm formed close shore lead time hours tropical storm warning veracruz coastline area covered warning issued august extended southwards intensified canceled soon landfall august advisories issued national_hurricane_center emphasized rainfall primary threat responsible damaging crops highways homes flooding districts cities state veracruz evacuation people shelters government state estimated damages caused storm approximately million usd approximately municipalities affected torrential rain majority damage concentrated damage highway infrastructure estimated million usd reported storm damaged homes square kilometers thousand acres land cattle addition square kilometers thousand acres crops including corn flooded boats lost result active medical brigades sent region reduce risk affected population responsible direct casualties deaths result mud slide killed man veracruz deaths mudslides
Tropical Storm Jose (2005)