Tropical Storm Candy - June 22-26,
1968
Candy was the third storm to form in June this season, An upper
low over Texas led to thunderstorm development
across the southern Gulf of Mexico. By June 22nd, a tropical
depression had formed and moved quickly off to
the north-northwest near 20 mph, crossing the Texas coastline on the
23rd. The cyclone weakened slowly as it
moved through Texas, becoming a frontal wave as it moved through the
Midwest. Tornadoes were spawned
northward into Missouri and later across Ohio. The system
slightly restrengthed as it moved towards the Great
Lakes and weakened as it moved into the northern Mid-Atlantic
states. During its extratropical reintensification,
heavy rains fell across Illinois, northern Indiana, and southern
Michigan. The graphics below show the storm
total rainfall for Candy.
Note
the maximum near the track of the storm.