tropical storm alma tropical storm alma pacific hurricane season easternmost forming pacific tropical cyclone record formed monsoon trough coast costa_rica initially forecast remain weak tropical storm cyclone rapidly strengthened developed eye making landfall nicaragua near peak winds mph alma tropical storm record strike pacific coast nicaragua costa_rica heavy rainfall caused flooding landslides killing causing million usd damage people killed nicaragua drowning died honduras aviation accident likely related storm swept away meteorological history end computer hurricane models forecast development broad low pressure area southwest central_america large trough extended southwestern caribbean_sea costa_rica forming broad low pressure area region scattered area strong convection developed partially association located area weak steering currents disturbance remained nearly stationary shower activity increased organization initially system consisted cyclonic pronounced located miles west southwest costa_rica system gradually better organized sufficiently developed circulation convective structure national_hurricane_center nhc classified system tropical depression utc miles west northwest costa_rica mid level ridge located gulf_of_mexico depression drifted generally northward area warm water temperatures low wind shear initially convection weak confined rainbands far center intensification expected minimal tropical storm status system quickly developed intense thunderstorms near center increased banding southern utc nhc upgraded depression tropical storm alma miles southwest nicaragua intensity set mph storm forecast intensity slightly moving ashore hour upgraded tropical storm status nhc assessed intensity mph citing updated observations satellite imagery eye feature formed surrounded tight ring convection utc alma landfall near nicaragua strong tropical storm storm quickly weakened moving ashore small area thunderstorms persisted crossed mountainous region southern honduras passing near weakened tropical depression status utc cyclone dissipated near border honduras guatemala crossing central_america low pressure area alma remnants moved spawned tropical storm arthur preparations impact coinciding advisory depression government costa_rica issued tropical storm warning entire pacific_coast country hours prior landfall alma named tropical storm warning effect entire coastlines costa_rica nicaragua honduras el_salvador realized storm stronger previously thought hurricane warning issued coasts nicaragua honduras alma forecast attain hurricane status prior moving ashore nhc warned storm produce inches rainfall resulting mudslides flash flooding costa_rica activated emergency shelters prior arrival storm people evacuated homes nicaragua officials evacuated people troops mobilized assist aftermath storm tropical storm alma landfall produced moderate heavy rainfall central_america city david western panama reported inches precipitation hours additionally capital city costa_rica reported inches rainfall hour period costa_rica precipitation caused river flooding threatening communities caused widespread mudslides closed roads storm downed trees power lines leaving people electricity country deaths reported country damage costa_rica estimated billion million usd near moved ashore nicaragua passage alma left city power buildings destroyed city roads damaged departments experienced power outages strong winds person died downed high tension cable person died similar manner offshore person drowned rode storm boat flight runway torrential rain killing passengers plus ground injuring eighty fatality reported honduras young girl swept away raging stream records retirement forming alma developed farther east pacific tropical cyclone record excluding systems crossing atlantic seven systems paul developed east alma landfall farther east pacific tropical cyclone pacific coast nicaragua storm formed marked ninth year row pacific tropical cyclone formed consecutive years storms formed alma remnants contributed formation tropical storm arthur atlantic strictly speaking cyclone circulation alma dissipating despite low death toll low damage retired alma list pacific hurricane names replaced pacific hurricane season makes alma tropical storm retired
Tropical Storm Alma