 In early July , a shortwave trough embedded in the westerlies crossed the United States . The system emerged over the Atlantic near the Outer Banks of North Carolina on July 12 ; a surface low soon developed . Traversing the Gulf Stream , convection abruptly increased on July 13 and it is estimated that a tropical depression formed by 06 : 00 UTC that day , roughly 255 mi ( 410 km ) east @-@ northeast of Cape Hatteras . Six hours later , the depression intensified into a tropical storm and was assigned the name Claudette . The sudden development of the cyclone was not well @-@ forecast , and Claudette was not operationally warned upon until it was already a tropical storm . Embedded within southwesterly flow ahead of mid @-@ latitude trough , the storm moved generally northeast . Claudette reached its peak intensity around 18 : 00 UTC with winds of 50 mph ( 85 km / h ) and a pressure of 1003 mbar ( hPa ; 29 @.@ 62 inHg ) . Increasing wind shear on July 14 prompted weakening , displacing convection from the storm 's center . It subsequently degenerated into a remnant low by 00 : 00 UTC on July 15 . The remnants of Claudette were absorbed into a frontal boundary just south of Newfoundland later that day . 
