Tropical Storm Edouard forms on path to Texas
Forecasters warned of 3 to 6 inches of rain, with flash flooding and 2 to 4 feet of storm surge possible along the coast.
- On Monday, the National Hurricane Center designated a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico as Potential Tropical Cyclone 5, moving northwest toward the Texas and Louisiana coastlines.
- Previously designated as Invest 97L, the system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms roughly 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast as it drifts inland.
- Heavy rainfall and flash flooding are the primary risks, with isolated areas expecting up to 6 inches of accumulation and maximum wind gusts reaching 40 mph along the Louisiana coast.
- Authorities issued a tropical storm warning from Port Bolivar, Texas, to the Vermilion/Cameron Parish Line in Louisiana ahead of an expected landfall by Tuesday night.
- Though the system could briefly intensify into Tropical Storm Edouard, meteorologists expect it to remain short-lived due to unfavorable environmental conditions limiting development.
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) activated state emergency response resources Monday as Tropical Storm Edouard strengthened near the Upper Texas Coast Tuesday morning, threatening Southeast Texas with heavy rain, flooding, storm surge and strong winds. Abbott held a severe weather briefing and press conference at the Texas State Emergency Operations Center in Austin to outline the […] The post Edouard Strengthens Off Texas Coast As Abbott Mobilizes Em…
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