&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:Rosa_1994-10-13_1745Z.png) Rosa near peak intensity off the southwest coast of Mexico on October 13 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 8, 1994 |
| Dissipated | October 15, 1994 |
| Category 2 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 105 mph (165 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 974 mbar (hPa); 28.76 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 4–30 direct |
| Damage | $700 million (1994 USD) |
| Areas affected | Southwestern Mexico, Western Mexico, Southwestern United States, Texas |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Rosa was the only Pacific hurricane to make landfall during the above-average 1994 Pacific hurricane season. It killed at least 4 people in Mexico. Moisture from the hurricane was a factor in widespread flooding in the U.S. state of Texas that killed 22 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in October 1994. The pre-Rosa tropical depression formed on October 8 before degenerating the next day. It reformed on October 10 and steadily strengthened as it approached Mexico. Ultimately peaking as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale right before landfall, Rosa was the final hurricane, nineteenth tropical storm, and second-last tropical cyclone of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season.