 A tropical disturbance southwest of Cabo San Lucas organized into Tropical Depression Eight @-@ E on July 31 . It headed west @-@ northwest without strengthening much , and crossed into the central Pacific on August 2 . Eight @-@ E developed a second center of circulation , which became dominant , and then became bound up in the intertropical convergence zone . Eight @-@ E then became disorganized , with multiple centers of circulation , and advisories were discontinued on August 5 . The depression 's remains continued their westward path well south of the Hawaiian Islands . The depression regenerated on August 8 . It soon strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Li , which is Hawaiian for " Lee " . Li approached the dateline on its generally westward heading . Just before crossing , it intensified into a minimal Category 1 hurricane . It crossed the dateline on August 12 and became a storm in the 1994 Pacific typhoon season . Wind shear from a tropical upper @-@ tropospheric trough weakened back into a tropical storm as it crossed the dateline , and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center downgraded Li with its first advisory . Li stayed a tropical storm until August 16 , where it weakened into a tropical depression . The system then began recurving , and dissipated on August 18 . A weakening Tropical Depression Li caused showers on Wake Island . Other than there , Li had no impact on any land , and no casualties or damage were reported . 
