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Hurricane Polo was a hurricane which struck extreme Southern Baja California and western Mexico during the October of 1984. It was the sixteenth named storm, final hurricane and major hurricane of the well-above average 1984 Pacific hurricane season. It formed from a disturbance that moved west-southwest out of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on September 24. The system was upgraded to a tropical depression on the afternoon of September 25, a few hundred miles south of Acapulco. The system slowly strengthened, and was upgraded to a tropical storm. It was given the name Polo. Polo reached its maximum intensity early on the morning of October 1st. An upper level trough moved towards Baja California and turned the hurricane sharply to east, and the system began its extratropical transition. On the night of October 2, Polo made landfall as a tropical depression. Minimal Damage occurred as a result of Polo.

Meteorological history
The sixteenth named storm of the season formed from a tropical disturbance that moved west-southwest out of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on September 24th, becoming the 21st tropical depression of the 1984 Pacific hurricane season on the afternoon of September 25th, a few hundred miles southeast of Acapulco. Continuing its west-southwest motion, the system slowly strengthened. After Polo turned northwest it intensified more significantly, becoming a hurricane and reaching its maximum intensity of 115 mph early on the morning of October 1st.

An upper level trough moved towards the Baja California Peninsula and turned the hurricane sharply to east, and the system began to experience vertical wind shear as well as move over cooler waters, which caused weakening.

On the night of October 2nd, the center of Hurricane Polo crossed southern Baja California as a tropical depression. The system continued to move north of due east, and made its final landfall as a tropical depression about 175 miles (280 kilometers) northwest of Mazatlán. The tropical cyclone finally became a remnant low on October 3.

Impact
When Hurricane Polo made landfall in Baja California on October 2 and Western Mexico on October 3, it became the third tropical cyclone to make landfall during the 1984 Pacific hurricane season. Hurricane Polo posed a flash flood watch for the United states (especially in Arizona, Texas and Colorado).

Western Mexico
Hurricane Polo, with maximum sustained winds at its center of 100 mph, moved ashore to Western Mexico after its first landfall in Baja California. It then made its final landfall roughly 175 miles (280 kilometers) northwest of Mazatlán.