A dying cold front dropped down into the Gulf of Mexico on July 15th and 16th.  By the 17th, a low
 pressure area formed in the central Gulf of Mexico, in a divergent area northwest of an upper level low.
The small, weak tropical depression moved west to northwest into the middle Texas coast, dissipating as
it recurved into southeast Texas on July 21st.  Below are the storm total rainfall maps for the depression,
using data provided by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina.