&sq=&lang=&file=File:Gil_2007-08-30_2040Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Gil on August 30, heading west from the Baja California Peninsula. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 29, 2007 |
| Dissipated | September 2, 2007 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 45 mph (75 km/h) |
| Highest gusts | 60 mph (95 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 1001 mbar (hPa); 29.56 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Damage | Minimal |
| Areas affected | Western Mexico |
Part of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Gil had caused squally weather off the eastern coast of Mexico. Gil was a tropical cyclone that had produced high winds and severe weather in Mexico before drifting off at sea. Gil developed off a tropical wave that had gone through the Atlantic and into the Pacific. The wave had emerged off the eastern Pacific on August 27, two days prior to Gil's formation. The tropical wave had an abundant convection system. On the August 29, Tropical Depression 10-E. Six hours later, the storm developed into a tropical storm and was designated as Tropical Storm Gil.
Heavy rainfall was reported in the state of Sinaloa. The storm left one 14 year-old missing at Culiacán, who according to witnesses, had been washed away. The 14 year-old's name was Jesús Enrique Campos Medina, and was later found and saved by the fire department on August 30. Gil had also brought 1 meter high floods. The storm had ventured out at sea for the next 2 days before degenerating into a remnant low.