Tropical Depression 13 (hypothetical)

Tropical Depression 13 was the thirteenth and deadliest tropical cyclone in the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. The system was infamous for its mass destruction and fatalities it caused. A grand total of 943 fatalities were reported throughout Louisiana and Missippi. It also flooded major sections of the New Orlans parish from a severe storm surge although a 5.8 magnitude earthquake over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico was partially responsible for the catastrophic damages.

Initally forming over the northwestern Carribean Sea as a tropical wave, the system absorbed nearby moisture from a scattered group of subtropical weather. The system gradually developed while moving over the Loop Current, forming an organized symmetric spiral shape and closed low-level circulation. By October 30, the National Hurricane Center classified the system as Tropical Depression 13 while hovering over the central Gulf of Mexico. By the evening of October 31, the depression made landfall near Terrebonne, Lousiana with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55km/h). It quickly degenerated into a remant after landfall and dissipated over eastern Louisiana on November 1.