The eighth tropical cyclone and seventh named Name_conferral storm of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season , Gabrielle developed Cause_to_make_progress from a tropical wave in the west-central Gulf of Mexico on August 9 .

Favorable conditions caused Causation Gabrielle to continue to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength , with the storm nearly reaching hurricane status late on August 11 .

Once inland , Gabrielle rapidly weakened Cause_change_of_strength and dissipated Removing by early on August 12 .

As Gabrielle was impacting the east coast of Mexico , Hurricane Flossie in the Eastern Pacific was brushing the Baja Peninsula .

Three days after dissipation , the remnants of Gabrielle also produced Creating heavy thunderstorms in New Mexico on August 15 .

Hurricane Gabrielle was a North Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe that caused Causation flooding Catastrophe in both Florida and Newfoundland in September of 2001 .

It developed Cause_to_make_progress in the Gulf of Mexico on the same day as the September 11 attacks Attack ; after the attacks , flights were canceled Change_event_time nationwide for two days , and when Gabrielle struck Connect Florida on September 14 , it caused Causation a day of additional cancellations Change_event_time .

After crossing Motion_directional the state , Gabrielle had the appearance Presence of an occluded frontal low or subtropical cyclone Catastrophe ; this was after the convection decreased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale near the center .

However , Gabrielle gradually re-intensified Cause_change_of_strength and became Becoming a hurricane Catastrophe on September 17 as it passed Motion_directional northwest of Bermuda .

Gabrielle transitioned Change into an extratropical cyclone Catastrophe on September 19 , and later that day it passed Motion_directional just southeast of Newfoundland .

The extratropical remnants of Gabrielle continued to the northeast and dissipated Dispersal on September 21 .