The 1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm was the first tropical storm of the below-average 1987 Atlantic hurricane season. Originating from a tropical wave, the system was first classified as a tropical depression over the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Texas, on August 9. Tracking north-northwestward, the cyclone slightly intensified into a tropical storm before making landfall in eastern Texas the following day. Once overland, the system weakened and turned towards the east and later southeast. Briefly reemerging over the Gulf on August 15, the depression moved onshore a second time in Florida before dissipating over eastern Georgia on August 17.
Due to the relatively weak nature of the system, it caused relatively little damage. However, heavy rains over portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida resulted in flash flooding, forcing the evacuation of several hundred people. In all, losses from the unnamed storm reached $7.4 million and one person was reported missing.
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