 A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of northwest Africa on September 23 . No additional signs of tropical cyclogenesis were observed as the tropical wave crossed the Atlantic Ocean or the Caribbean Sea . The tropical wave decelerated upon reaching the Yucatán Peninsula , where it became a broad low pressure area , based on surface pressure fields and convective motions indicated in satellite imagery . While emerging into the Bay of Campeche on October 12 , the intensity of the low was estimated via Dvorak technique . At 1900 UTC on October 12 , a reconnaissance aircraft flight confirmed an atmospheric circulation , and the system was then classified as Tropical Depression Fourteen . However , post @-@ analysis indicates that the depression developed seven hours earlier , while located about 230 miles ( 370 km ) east @-@ northeast of Veracruz , Veracruz . 
