Hurricane Anita was a powerful Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe during an otherwise quiet 1977 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season .

The first tropical cyclone of the season , Anita developed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave on August 29 in the north-central Gulf of Mexico .

Initially , Anita was forecast to strike Texas , though a building ridge turned Becoming it to the west-southwest .

The hurricane Catastrophe rapidly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to attain Getting peak winds of 175 mph ( 280 km/h ) , and on September 2 Anita made landfall in eastern Tamaulipas as a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe .

It quickly weakened Cause_change_of_strength as it crossed Motion_directional Mexico , and after briefly redeveloping Recovering into a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific Ocean , Anita dissipated Dispersal on September 4 to the south of the Baja California Peninsula .