 Tropical Storm Norman brought minor flooding to western Mexico and record rainfall to areas of Texas in September 2012 . The fourteenth tropical cyclone and fourteenth named storm of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season , Norman developed near the southern tip of Baja California early on September 28 . Upon developing into a tropical cyclone on September 28 , Norman attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph ( 85 km / h ) . Heading northward into the Gulf of California , the storm began to weaken later that day due to southwesterly wind shear and land interaction . Norman curved northwestward and weakened to a tropical depression early on September 29 . Around that time , it briefly moved inland near Topolobampo , Sinaloa , before re @-@ emerging into the Gulf of California . Later on September 29 , Norman degenerated into a remnant low pressure area . 
