The Nation - News from Aug. 11, 1987

A tropical depression dissipated across central Louisiana and eastern Texas after washing ashore from the Gulf of Mexico. If the weather system’s sustained winds had increased to 39 m.p.h., it would have been the first tropical storm of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season. Winds had gusted to 45 m.p.h. off the coast, but its sustained winds did not reach even 20 m.p.h. when it crossed the coast, the Coast Guard said. The National Weather Service said the collision of the warm tropical air with cooler northern air caused thunderstorms in northern Louisiana, and there was a report that a tornado dipped down without touching ground near Coushatta.