a tropical wave exited the coast of africa on september 4 and tracked westward across the atlantic. the system gradually organized and became a tropical depression on september 9. however, the nhc did not operationally declare the system as tropical depression fourteen until september 11, while the system was centered southeast of bermuda. although the national hurricane center predicted that it would intensify into a tropical storm, it was also noted shortly after advisories were initiated that "this might have been the only opportunity to name this depression." the depression moved toward the northwest and encountered strong upper-level winds which removed the convection from the low-level center on september 13, causing the storm to dissipate.