 Tropical Storm Trudy was a short @-@ lived tropical cyclone in October 2014 that caused significant flooding in southern Mexico . The storm originated from an area of low pressure associated with a monsoon trough near Central America in early October . A slow @-@ moving system , the low eventually consolidated into a tropical depression on October 17 near the Mexican coastline . Favorable environmental conditions aided rapid development of Trudy . Within 15 hours of its designation , an eye formed over the storm 's center . Trudy ultimately achieved its peak as a strong tropical storm with 65 mph ( 100 km / h ) winds as it made landfall just southeast of Marquelia , Mexico . The region 's mountainous terrain quickly weakened Trudy and the cyclone dissipated early on October 19 . Though the cyclone dissipated , its remnant energy later contributed to the formation of Tropical Storm Hanna in the Atlantic . 
