The storm weakened slowly and moved across the Central United States, before dissipating over Illinois on June 28.

[clarification needed] The storm was the rainiest tropical cyclone on record in the state of Kentucky, dropping 11.25 inches (286 mm) in Dunmor.

However, weather stations in Mexico reported a circulation and thus,[1] it is estimated that the first tropical depression of the season developed at 0600 UTC on June 22.

Early on June 23, barometric pressures in from Tampico, Tamaulipas to Brownsville, Texas had significantly decreased, which indicated that the tropical cyclone was moving generally northward.

[2] Shortly thereafter, another reconnaissance flight into the depression indicated winds of only 20 mph (32 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1,006 mbar (29.7 inHg).

[1] The depression gradually strengthened, and by 0600 UTC on June 23, it reached tropical storm status.

[2] At 0400 UTC that day, the tropical storm made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas.

[3] In Copano Bay, waves produced by the storm damaged three fishing piers; a shrimp boat also capsized, killing three people.

[4] As a result, water 6 to 12 inches (150 to 300 mm) was reported in several homes and businesses in Port Lavaca.

[7] Between 150 and 200 houses were affected by flooding and damaged estimates reached $1.5 million in Harris County alone.

[11] The Texas Department of State Health Services sent water and sanitation teams to the areas affected by the storm, as well as 3,000 shots of typhoid vaccine.

To the north of Texas in the state of Oklahoma, precipitation was also light, peaking at 4.34 inches (110 mm) in Kiamichi.

[4] Heavy rainfall was reported in Kentucky, peaking at 11.25 inches (286 mm) in Dunmor, making it the wettest tropical cyclone in the history of that state.

[16][17] Light precipitation was reported in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri; none of those states experienced more than 4 inches (100 mm) of rain.