In 2011, we were jumping for joy for Tropical Storm Don to provide relief. And then this happened
Tropical Storm Don was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United States during the 2011 season. The fourth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Don formed from an area of low pressure along a tropical wave, Don developed into a tropical depression on July 27, and on that same day, was upgraded to tropical storm intensity, based on data from a reconnaissance aircraft noted the presence of tropical-storm-force winds. It tracked across the Gulf of Mexico and reached a peak intensity of 50 mph (85 km/h) before moving ashore in Texas on July 30 as a tropical depression, dissipating shortly afterwards. Initially, Don was expected to provide relief to the state, which was suffering from a major drought. However, the system dissipated rapidly just before making landfall, providing very little in the way of help to the state; rainfall totals were less than 1 in (25 mm).
The local and national weather guys were freaking out because this was rare for our part of the world. It happens on the Arabian Peninsula and Australia from time to time, but not the North American coast. And if I recall that day it made landfall, it was probably the hottest day in that blast furnace of a summer. But the drought was much, much worse that led to the storm falling apart as it land on the King Ranch.