A broad low pressure system formed in the extreme southwestern Caribbean near the beginning of September. Due to land interaction and strong upper-level winds, it was disorganized at first as it drifted over Nicaragua and then farther northwest over the following several days. It didn't have the chance to do much more than produce scattered downpours until it cleared the Yucatan Peninsula on September 5. Even then, atmospheric conditions weren't all that favorable as it slowly turned north and then northeast over the Gulf of Mexico. When the disturbance finally did spin up, it was in a hurry. On September 8, a closed circulation suddenly developed off the coast of the Florida panhandle. The system was named Tropical Storm Mindy.
In the few hours it had over water, Mindy developed an impressive core on radar. Winds were estimated to reach 45 mph when the cyclone made landfall that night. The storm weakened to a tropical depression over southern Georgia the next morning and turned east-northeast. Though it emerged back over water by the afternoon of the 9th, conditions were not favorable for restrengthening. This was due to a nearby front and the outflow of Hurricane Larry. Mindy became post-tropical that night and dissipated entirely soon after.
The above image shows Tropical Storm Mindy just after formation and just before landfall in Florida.
Mindy was another short-lived storm which strengthened right before landfall in the U.S.
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