 Tropical Storm Odile was a late season tropical storm that formed during the 2008 Pacific hurricane season and affected parts of southern Mexico . A tropical depression formed on October 8 , and became Tropical Storm Odile 18 hours later . The storm paralleled the south coast of Mexico , with the center located only several miles offshore . After peaking in intensity , Odile make landfall over the state of Oaxaca on October 10 as a tropical storm . Odile then began to weaken due to increasing wind shear , and became a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico on October 13 . Odile later weakened into a tropical depression over