The hurricane's remnants continued northeastward and entered the United States, crossing into central Texas before being absorbed by a frontal system on October 14.

Passing east of Socorro Island, the storm turned north and shortly thereafter north-northeast due to southwesterly flow over northwestern Mexico.

[1] After briefly re-intensifying that night,[2] Hurricane Norma made landfall just northeast of Mazatlan with winds of 105 mph (155 km/h) at 1000 UTC on October 12.

[3] Four days before Norma moved through Sinaloa, Tropical Storm Lidia made landfall north of the area.

This prompted evacuations of 5,000 people, and limited the death toll of Hurricane Norma to one person, a fisherman drowned when his boat capsized in the storm.

Due to the damage from the storm, Antonio Toledo Corro, the Governor of Sinaloa, declared a state of emergency.

A total of five people were killed in the United States,[6] three of these deaths occurred when floodwaters swept their car off the road in Fort Worth.

[11] Cedar Creek overflowed its banks and homes in low-lying areas of Abilene, Texas were covered in 6 ft (1.8 m) of water.

[13] The storm produced 17.9 in (450 mm) of rain in a three-day period,[7] thus causing Madill to have its wettest October on record.

[3] In eastern Kansas light rain fell, including .7 in (18 mm) near Perry Lake within a 24‑hour period.

To prevent looting, residents in Breckenridge organized watches; the National Guard soon patrolled the streets.