That was amazing. The Tropical Storm hit the Texas coast and poof! Emergency management in Corpus Christi, TX, got a few raindrops on their windshields and went home.
Dry air was so significant that it actually destroyed the system in a blink of an eye! The National Hurricane Center actually joked about Don and stated:
THE DON IS DEAD. THE CYCLONE LITERALLY EVAPORATED OVER TEXAS ABOUT AS FAST AS I HAVE EVER SEEN WITHOUT MOUNTAINS INVOLVED. DON HAS NO CONVECTION…MEAGER RAINFALL…AND ONLY A SLIGHT SIGNATURE IN SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA. THEREFORE…THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM
That was amazing. The Tropical Storm hit the Texas coast and poof! Emergency management in Corpus Christi, TX, got a few raindrops on their windshields and went home.
https://earthsky.org/earth/2011-atlantic-hurricane-season-in-review/
There was one more recently that was more powerful though.
It formed right off the coast of Texas then the next day it was making landfall.
I spent the past 10 mins looking and can’t find it.
It wasn't Hurricane Hanna, was it? 2020.
That was the one I think! I’ll check when I have time but thank you! That was bothering me.
I recalled a surprise like you described, but you made me curious myself which one it had been!