Strengthening Tropical Storm Edouard On The Verge Of U.S. Landfall

Tropical Storm Edouard approaching the U.S. Gulf Coast connected Tuesday September 1, 2026.

NOAA and Tropical Tidbits

Tropical Storm Edouard has formed successful the Gulf and will make landfall later coming on the southeastern seashore of Texas. While the large wind will beryllium comparatively short-lived, it could flirt pinch becoming a hurricane later coming arsenic it makes landfall adjacent the Texas - Louisiana border. Here’s what to cognize correct now.

Current Status Of Tropical Storm Edouard

The National Hurricane Center has been watching the large wind intimately complete the past fewer days. “Although it only has astir a time complete the very lukewarm Gulf waters, strengthening is expected wrong a mostly debased shear environment,” wrote National Hurricane Center forecasters connected Monday afternoon. At that time, the large wind was a Tropical Depression. The mini size of the large wind made it much apt to intensify fixed the favorable conditions for development.

“The strength forecast coming is problematic. Edouard has managed to create a mini halfway that could beryllium prone to accelerated changes successful intensity,” noted NHC forecasters early Tuesday morning. They are not ruling retired the anticipation of the large wind reaching a Category 1 hurricane intensity. Even if not, it will beryllium an impactful high-end tropical large wind event. At the clip of wroting astatine 4:15 americium Central Time, the large wind was moving west-northwestward astatine 8 miles per hr pinch sustained winds of 40 miles per hour.

What’s Expected?

A beardown tropical stomr aliases moreover Category 1 hurricane will bring impacts to the Upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts, east-central Texas, and southwestern Louisiana connected Tuesday and Wednesday. According to NHC, "A Storm Surge Warning is successful effect for High Island to the Vermilion/Cameron Parish Line. Tropical Storm Watch is up from Port Bolivar to the Vermilion/Iberia Parish Line. In lawsuit the large wind continues to strengthen, a Hurricane Watch is successful effect for High Island to Cameron, Louisiana.

Edouard is expected to make landfall adjacent the Texas and Louisiana border, which keeps the halfway of the large wind and its worst conditions eastbound of the Houston metropolitan area. The astir apt impacts will beryllium related to rainfall arsenic some flash and stream flooding are possible. Up to 4 feet of large wind surge is besides imaginable from occidental Louisiana to High Island, Texas.

Tropical Storm Edouard is the 5th named large wind of the Atlantic hurricane season. Typically, the 5th named large wind of the twelvemonth happens astir August 22nd. Forecasters person called for below-normal activity owed to El Niño. The Atlantic basin has been comparatively quiet. As we participate the period of September and the first time of meteorological fall, the Atlantic play activity typically ramps up. The highest of the play is astir the 2nd week successful September.

As Edouard produces rainfall successful the region, the remnant moisture from Tropical Storm Dolly provided overmuch needed alleviation for drought-stricken Puerto Rico. Parts of Texas person besides been successful drought conditions, truthful rainfall is needed. However, 3 to 6 inches of rainfall falling connected barren conditions will surely nutrient flood hazards for the region. It’s a spot of a “Jekyll and Hyde” situation. However, our NASA-sponsored research astatine the University of Georgia has shown that these are the cleanable drought-busters. “Shepherd and colleagues recovered that while awesome hurricanes (Category 3, 4, aliases 5) dump much rainfall successful a azygous time than different storms, weaker hurricanes, tropical storms, and depressions lend much to the cumulative full passim the hurricane season,” said a NASA property release.