Hurricane Ismael was a strong tropical cyclone that resulted in heavy rains and flash floods across portions of Mexico during mid-August 1989.

After producing downpours of rain killing 3, Ismael turned westward and for the next week, would be controlled by a high-pressured area.

Traces of Hurricane Ismael can be found from a tropical wave that emerged off of northwestern Africa back on July 31.

After passing through Central America without any significant convection or organization, the trough entered the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) on August 11.

[1][3][4] Just a day later, on August 15, Eleven-E had winds up to 35 mph with a barometric pressure of 1004 mbar and had intensified into a tropical storm based on the Dvorak technique.

[2] Ismael had produced heavy rain from Acapulco to the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains as it skirted along the coast of Guerrero.

[12] Ismael had intensified back to Category 2 status with 95 knots (109 mph) maximum sustained winds at 18:00 UTC the next day and continued a trend with rising and falling speeds.

One person by the name of Rhonda Santos was swept by Ismael's 8-foot waves and drowned off of Laguna Beach, in California.