 On July 23 , interaction of a cold @-@ core low and a tropical wave spawned a tropical depression located south of Louisiana . The depression meandered westward while steadily intensifying , becoming a Tropical Storm on July 24 . A turn towards the northwest became evident as it attained Category 1 hurricane status on the Saffir – Simpson Hurricane Scale on the following day . Strength was maintained as the hurricane curved northward at a slow forward speed , and it approached the coast of Texas as a minimal hurricane . Debra made landfall between Freeport and Galveston , Texas early on July 25 . Debra rapidly weakened into a tropical storm and later a depression as it moved inland , and it dissipated on July 28 . The remnant moisture later sparked upper @-@ level thunderstorms in late July and early August . 
