tropical storm weak tropical storm moved ashore texas atlantic hurricane season sixth tropical storm season developed tropical wave south louisiana august tracked generally west northwest strengthening little making landfall september minimal tropical storm storm quickly dissipated land dropped moderate rainfall path causing direct deaths houston drowning storm damage minor amounting million usd million usd lightning storm set fire oil houston causing indirect deaths injuries meteorological history tropical wave moved coast africa august tracked westward passing lesser antilles august august weak wave axis crossed florida tropical disturbance organized wave axis ship reports indicating development low level circulation august later day hurricane hunters flight reported existence tropical depression classified tropical depression thirteen located miles south mouth mississippi_river ridge high pressure located southeastern united_states depression continued tracking generally westward intensified late august sixth tropical storm season attained tropical storm status hours prior unfavorable northerly vertical wind shear persisted duration prohibited development convection approaching frontal trough weakened high pressure system north resulted turning northwestward texas coastline storm remained poorly organized failing strengthen september landfall minimal tropical storm cyclone rapidly weakened moving ashore early september degenerated remnant low pressure area southeastern texas trapped high pressure systems remnant mid level circulation drifted southwestward inland days dissipating september impact upgraded tropical storm national_hurricane_center issued gale warning port connor texas louisiana remained effect storm moved ashore winds fairly minor association storm station galveston texas recorded peak wind gust mph moved ashore produced foot storm tide galveston rainfall storm generally limited coastline peaked inches light rainfall extended coastline louisiana near houston inches precipitation reported caused flooding overall storm damage fairly minor totaling million usd million usd dock owned near houston lightning bolt thunderstorms struck oil hawaii lightning started fire ship expanded wrecked adjacent barge burned nearby docks ship nearly split half lightning strike oil hours firefighters fire tanker boats efforts hindered unsettled weather unsafe water travel fire caused deaths injuries damage related incident totaled million usd million usd dispatched repair radar ship crossing time explosion killed names
Tropical Storm Elena (1979)