[13] On May 19, another round of severe thunderstorms moved through both Texas and Louisiana, worsening flooding across both states, and even causing impacts as far away as Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

Initially only given a low chance to develop, the NHC did note that conditions were slightly favorable for a short-lived tropical depression or storm to form in the western Gulf of Mexico, before the disturbance moved ashore back into Texas.

[15] By 12:00 UTC that day, a low-level circulation formed in association with the disturbance, however, the system lacked convection needed to designated as a tropical cyclone.

[16] Winds near the center reached up to 35 mph (56 km/h), with the NHC stating that any increase in thunderstorm activity would warrant the upgrade to a tropical depression, with the chance of doing so being raised to about 60%.

[17] Although at 0:00 UTC on May 22 while the disturbance was located roughly 150 miles (240 km) east-southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, the probability of tropical cyclogenesis was lowered to around 50%.