Prior to becoming a tropical cyclone , the system dropped locally heavy rainfall in portions of southern Florida . Palm Beach International Airport recorded on August 8 , a record for the date . The system spawned a weak tornado near Boca Raton , which downed a few trees and damaged shingles from one house . In Sarasota , high tides from the system affected 200 sea turtle nests , of which 20 had to be transported to a safer location . Once in the Gulf of Mexico , the developing system threatened the area affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill ; this prompted BP to stop operations temporarily in constructing a relief well . The same event occurred a week later when the depression was threatening to redevelop
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Tropical Depression Five (2010)