Overview
- The system rapidly organized from a Gulf disturbance into Tropical Storm Edouard late Monday and is moving toward the Upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coast with landfall expected Tuesday.
- Tropical storm warnings and storm‑surge watches or warnings extend from Port Bolivar, Texas, to the Vermilion/Cameron Parish line, and hurricane watches cover portions of the coast in case of last‑minute strengthening.
- Forecasters expect widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches with isolated totals up to 9 inches, creating a significant flash‑flood and urban‑flood risk for Houston and southeast Texas.
- A brief chance exists that Edouard could strengthen toward hurricane strength over unusually warm Gulf waters before landfall, which would increase coastal surge and wind threats of roughly 1 to 5 feet in places.
- State and local officials have activated readiness plans, schools closed in some districts, and utilities and emergency teams are staging resources to respond to flooding, outages and coastal inundation.