 After nearly two months of inactivity , an area of disturbed weather developed in the northern Gulf of Mexico . The area organized into a tropical depression over the north @-@ central Gulf of Mexico on July 7 . The depression strengthened slightly and became a weak tropical storm early on July 9 , when it peaked with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph ( 65 km / h ) . Several hours later , the system made landfall east of Pensacola , Florida , but quickly weakened to a depression as it moved inland . The remnants moved north through southeastern Alabama on July 10 , and the circulation dissipated over southern Tennessee on July 11 . The system produced minimal effects along the Florida Panhandle . Winds of 35 mph ( 56 km / h ) were measured at Pensacola during the passage of a thunderstorm , and the tropical cyclone caused heavy precipitation over northern Florida , southern Alabama , and southern Georgia . Overall damage was minimal . 
