The cyclone moved northward through the western Gulf of Mexico, making landfall across the central Texas coastline before recurving across the Midwest through southeast Canada and New England.

Federal disaster declarations were made for the states of Louisiana and Texas on September 23 for damage relating to this tropical cyclone.

[4] Before the storm formed, sea surface temperatures were above normal in the Bay of Campeche and tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.

After Hurricane Earl developed and moved away from the region,[citation needed] a broad area of low pressure formed in the southwest Caribbean on September 4.

It moved to the northwest and slowly organized in the Gulf of Mexico, although a series of tropical waves prevented rapid development.

[3] Frances turned to the northwest and strengthened with warm water temperatures of 30 °C (86 °F), weak vertical shear, and a large anticyclone aloft.

Just before making landfall on Corpus Christi, Texas, the storm reached a peak of 65 mph (105 km/h), and quickly weakened as it continued inland.

Shortly after landfall, the storm executed a small loop before turning to the north and dissipating as a tropical cyclone on September 13.

[6] A tropical storm warning was issued for the Texas coast between High Island and Brownsville on the afternoon of the 8th.

By the afternoon of the 10th, strong winds along the Louisiana coast led to an extension of the tropical storm warning eastward to the Pearl River.

[3] Federal disaster declarations were made for the states of Louisiana and Texas on September 23 for damage relating to this tropical cyclone.

The interaction between the depression that became Frances and Javier produced three days of heavy rainfall along the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.

[9] In Motozintla, near Mexico's border with Chiapas, a two-day rainfall total of 12 in (305 mm) produced flash floods and mudslides.

Winds gusted as high as 66 miles per hour (106 km/h) at Sea Rim State Park as Frances lashed the coast.

[11] Sabine Pass was cut off from the mainland for a week, until Hermine's passage to the east eased coastal flooding conditions.