Eleven fishing boats were reported missing and 350 people were left homeless Cristina likely originated from area of thunderstorms that was affiliated with a tropical wave that had passed over Panama on June 29.

[1] During the night of July 1–2, the "tropical storm" peaked just under hurricane strength with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h)[1][4] and a minimum pressure of 991 mbar (hPa).

[1] Early on July 3, the center of Tropical Storm Cristina crossed the Mexican coast near Puerto Ángel at peak intensity.

[1] On July 2, the Mexican government issued a tropical storm warning from the Mexico–Guatemala border to Punta Maldonado, Guerrero.

[1][7] Tropical Storm Cristina dropped extremely heavy precipitation over southern Mexico and over 1,350 sites received rain.