Hurricane Hunters are finding Tropical Storm Edouard is strengthening as it spins about 50 miles SE of Port Arthur, Texas.

Winds are up to 50 mph but smaller storms like Edouard can intensify quickly and additional strengthening is expected ahead of landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border.

During latest flight into the storm, they found some stronger winds with a 65 mph wind gust just south of the storm’s center.
A Hurricane Watch is up just in case the storm rapidly organizes & winds approach hurricane strength ahead of landfall this afternoon.
Heavy rain will impact parts of the Upper Texas coast, east-central Texas into SW Louisiana Tuesday & Wednesday as Edouard tracks inland.
3-6″ of rainfall with isolated totals up to 9″. Flash flooding & river flooding is likely.
Peak storm surge of 3 to 5 is possible along the coast. Wind impacts won’t be widespread, but a stretch of coastline could be affected by damaging gusts.




