 Hurricane Chantal was one of three tropical cyclones to make landfall in Texas during the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season . The third named storm and the first hurricane of the season , Chantal slowly developed on July 30 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from a tropical disturbance that was previously within Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ ) while near Trinidad and Tobago . While heading north @-@ northwestward , the depression steadily intensified and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Chantal on the following day . Thereafter , Chantal quickly strengthen and became a hurricane on August 1 . After intensifying slightly further , Chantal made landfall near High Island , Texas later that day . The storm quickly weakened upon moving inland and fell to tropical storm intensity a few hours after landfall . Early on August 2 , Chantal weakened to a tropical depression and dissipated over Oklahoma by August 4 . 
