tropical storm caused moderate flooding northeastern mexico southern texas august eighth tropical cyclone seventh named storm atlantic hurricane season developed tropical wave west central gulf_of_mexico august initially tropical depression system gradually intensified following day tropical storm favorable conditions caused continue strengthen storm nearly reaching hurricane status late august soon landfall near halting intensification inland rapidly weakened dissipated early august east coast mexico hurricane storm produced torrential rainfall northeastern mexico totaling inches result numerous filled forcing dozens southern evacuate homes additionally highway infrastructure streets region affected damage mexico unknown fatalities reported rainfall inches brought minor flooding texas mainly damaging cotton days dissipation remnants produced heavy thunderstorms new_mexico august meteorological history tropical wave emerged atlantic_ocean west coast africa week july tracked atlantic remained defined system organized tropical cyclone august system entered gulf_of_mexico following day developed weak low level circulation circulation better defined later day confirmed reconnaissance aircraft afternoon declared tropical depression east outset cyclone motion altered pacific coast mexico initially deep convection fired gradually depression slowly tracked westward gulf_of_mexico utc august depression strengthened tropical storm storm curved southward strengthened slowly warm sea surface temperatures low wind shear environment land interaction slowed intensification somewhat storm shifted west northwest course august moving slowly coast storm landfall utc august south mexican state miles south border miles north simultaneously attained peak intensity maximum sustained wind speed mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg landfall storm rapidly weakened deteriorating tropical depression status early august northeast mexico hours later surface circulation dissipated mountains cloud pattern mexico intact moving northwest mexico august preparations impact starting utc august tropical storm warning issued texas tropical depression utc following day warning expanded include areas south extended veracruz hours later occurring tropical storm warning discontinued texas early august warnings mexico discontinued storm moved inland people evacuated people poor villages given approaching overall damage generally minor reports wind damage tropical storm force winds affected northern coast newspaper mexico reported inches precipitation figure dispute rainfall database maintained mexico national_weather_service shows maximum lie inches heavy rainfall storm filled nearly half drought conditions region result dozens southern forced evacuation homes rains flooded streets destroyed bridges highways northern mexico storm surge recordings taken mexico estimated national_hurricane_center surge feet took place north track fatalities reported mexico result texas rainfall storm peaked inches areas southern texas reported inches precipitation rain came drought soaked rains damaged cotton minor flooding occurred reported inches rain association extreme southern texas minor beach flooding took place beaches region remains produced heavy thunderstorms new_mexico august
Tropical Storm Gabrielle (1995)