tropical storm tropical storm unusual atlantic tropical cyclone formed southeastern louisiana august second tropical storm atlantic hurricane season developed slow moving trough low pressure august tracked southeastward coastal waters eastern louisiana reached peak winds mph located miles southeast new_orleans storm turned northwest louisiana texas slowly dissipated remnants continued northward central united_states dropping rainfall providing relief severe heat wave slow motion dropped heavy amounts rainfall peaking inches alabama rainfall caused reports flooding prolonged rough waves resulted severe beach erosion waves capsized boat mobile bay killing passengers overall damage minor totaling million usd million usd meteorological history weak surface trough low pressure emerged northeast gulf_of_mexico august weak steering currents trough drifted westward slowly better defined formation circulation mid- upper levels atmosphere upper level low developed texas providing unfavorable amounts vertical wind shear surface circulation evident satellite imagery august coast mississippi days remained nearly stationary upper level low texas drifted southwestward anticyclone developed system circulation better defined vertically aligned august system drifted southeastern louisiana continued better organized august developed tropical depression located near northern coast unusual tropical cyclones rarely form land tropical cyclone depression drifted southeastward hours formation emerged gulf_of_mexico based ship reports observations oil estimated depression intensified tropical storm utc august located offshore coastal louisiana conditions remained favorable intensification circulation located warm waters maintaining defined outflow early august attained peak intensity mph located miles southeast new_orleans shortly trough northwest dissipated anticyclone resulted steady northwest motion near cyclone originally moved offshore maintained tropical storm status hours weakening tropical depression central louisiana turned northwest surface circulation dissipated august located short distance south louisiana surface low pressure area crossed north texas dissipating early august upper level circulation turned northward oklahoma merged approaching trough preparations tropical storm national_hurricane_center issued tropical storm warning mouth mississippi_river pensacola florida hours later warning extended westward louisiana threat prompted voluntary evacuations louisiana forced evacuations thousands offshore oil officials advised small craft remain port port connor texas pensacola florida impact rainfall storm reached inches short distance east pensacola florida impact state minor wind gusts peaked mph pensacola alabama produced sustained winds mph gusts mph normal tides storm dropped heavy rainfall coastal portions alabama peaking inches rough waves overturned shrimp boat mobile bay year old boy boat drowned direct fatality storm boy father boat spent hours water rescued united_states_coast_guard waves caused severe beach erosion coastline losing feet beach mississippi coastal areas reported heavy amounts precipitation reaching inches sustained winds reached mph strongest wind land station similar alabama strong waves caused considerable beach erosion portions coastline dropped rainfall louisiana peaking inches near rainfall caused significant river flooding wind gusts fairly light state reaching mph new_orleans winds caused light tree damage resulted power outages storm surge feet caused coastal flooding remnants produced locally heavy precipitation peaking inches east central texas resulting reports flash flooding rainfall flooded roads causes severe river flooding remnant moisture dropped inches rain southeast oklahoma inches southwestern arkansas inland remnants cooled temperatures provided relief severe heat wave central united_states path caused million damage usd million usd primarily immediate coastline erosion flood damage
Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)