 Hurricane Jerry caused minor damage in Texas and flash flooding in Kentucky and Virginia in October 1989 . The fourteenth tropical cyclone , tenth named storm of the season , Jerry developed from a tropical wave in the Bay of Campeche on October 12 . Initially a tropical depression , the system moved north @-@ northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico and strengthened into Tropical Storm Jerry early on the following day . Jerry continuously deepened until October 14 and then maintained intensity while curving northeastward and briefly decelerating . Later that day , the storm re @-@ curved north @-@ northwestward . Jerry began to intensify on October 15 and soon became a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir – Simpson hurricane wind scale . Early on October 16 , Jerry made landfall on Galveston Island , Texas with winds of 85 mph ( 140 km / h ) . Less than six hours later , Jerry weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression shortly thereafter . Late on October 16 , Jerry was absorbed by a frontal system while situated over southwestern Arkansas . 
