On 15 August at 0300 UTC, a Tropical Storm Watch was issued for the entire coast of Haiti. Later that day, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Tropical Storm Grace became a tropical depression again. On 16 August, with the centre located about 80 km (49.7 mi) south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this tropical depression brought heavy rainfall over the southern parts of Haiti, which continued to persist during the next day, when the Tropical Storm Watch for Haiti was discontinued.