tropical storm tropical storm rare season tropical storm affected caribbean_sea december 15th tropical storm atlantic hurricane season formed near coast panama days official end atlantic hurricane season ultimately landfall dominican_republic moderate tropical storm storm caused heavy damage dominican_republic unusually heavy rainfall december preparation preceding landfall resulted deaths injuries total damage unknown crop damage dominican_republic totaled million usd million usd meteorological history november day atlantic hurricane season stationary extended eastern cuba southwestern caribbean_sea december low pressure area developed frontal zone north panama anticyclone aloft produced good outflow low level center low remained nearly stationary days gradually separated stationary convection increased area moisture moderate divergence increased wind shear deteriorated system december convection redeveloped system started northeast drift december mid level circulation developed miles north surface center convection increased better organized weak tropical wave reached area estimated system developed tropical depression utc december located miles south kingston jamaica initially depression forecast track north northeastward pass western haiti classified tropical cyclone depression embedded southwesterly flow ridge eastern caribbean_sea mid latitude trough caused steady east northeast motion convection organized central dense overcast defined cloud band wrapping partially center based satellite imagery estimates depression upgraded tropical storm status late december national_hurricane_center named storm named storm intensified despite moderate southwesterly wind shear eye feature evident microwave satellite imagery additionally mid level eyewall developed storm assessed winds mph national_hurricane_center remarked winds stronger lack structural data eye feature diminished convective structure deteriorated slightly hurricane_hunters flew storm utc december tracked area warm sea surface temperatures overall cloud pattern gradually improved predicted storm attain hurricane status early december showed closed eyewall utc attained peak winds mph located miles southwest dominican_republic reaching peak intensity begun accelerating northeastward decreased wind shear slightly increased southwesterly outflow low level center approached hispaniola convection continued quickly northeastward failing maintain vertical organization weakened slightly landfall national park dominican_republic utc december winds mph circulation disrupted crossed country december emerged atlantic_ocean winds mph accelerated northeast ahead approaching cold late december transitioned extratropical cyclone center embedded remnants continued quickly northeastward losing identity frontal zone december frontal zone absorbed absorbed tropical storm peter days later preparations prior predicted arrival dominican_republic government issued evacuation people living near rivers shelters set capable housing people addition government mobilized army force unwilling leave homes precautions taken saturated grounds heavy rainfall weeks prior tropical storm watch issued santo domingo border december hours prior landfall raised tropical storm warning december hours landfall addition tropical storm warnings issued coastline jamaica impact southwestern caribbean_sea dropped heavy rainfall including prior formation days storm caused rains panama costa_rica east coast nicaragua colombia storm caused rainfall totals inches jamaica storm dropped moderate rainfall flooding roads caused moderate damage deaths dominican_republic dominican_republic winds tropical storm relatively light dominican_republic peak gust mph occurring santo domingo storm dropped heavy rainfall hours amounting maximum inches locations reported inches rainfall caused mudslides flash flooding forcing rivers overflow combination previous rains addition tornado reported near santo domingo destroying house flooding mudslides damaged homes destroyed gusty winds caused power outages river flooding caused bridges collapse communities landslides buried roads authorities quickly repaired rainfall flooded fields resulting severe crop damage banana crop lost coffee crop suffered losses shortly harvest season crop damage totaled million usd addition excess flooding contaminated water supplies leaving areas clean water tropical storm caused deaths injuries flash flooding mudslides addition indirect deaths associated storm heart attacks neighboring haiti experienced little storm puerto_rico passed miles west puerto_rico storm caused moderate rainfall puerto_rico rainfall puerto_rico heaviest southeast peak recorded storm caused rainfall rainfall caused flooding island rivers river flooding destroyed bridges resulting damages usd flooding caused near cemetery rainfall covered numerous roads overall damage minimal puerto_rico aftermath records people affected tropical storm deployed volunteers impacted areas primarily area organization provided food kits thousands people nets red_cross gave water tank citizens area clean water formed december tropical storm beginning modern tropical cyclone record form caribbean_sea month december documented december caribbean hurricane occurred tropical storm karen formed november persisted december located northwestern caribbean_sea addition atlantic storm form month december hurricane season season pre season storm post season storm april
Tropical Storm Odette (2003)