Tropical Storm Edouard brought a staggering amount of rain to Southeast Texas, with up to 20″ of rain in some areas.

The heaviest rain landed in Tyler and Hardin Counties, which prompted flash flooding Wednesday morning.

Heavy rain and flash flooding remains possible through this evening as now Tropical Depression Edouard slowly moves inland. Flood Watch through 7 PM.

Edouard was a very small storm so the damage footprint is not widespread, with significantly lower rainfall amounts for Houston and areas just west of the storm’s path.

About 70,000 customers are without power across Texas and Louisiana following landfall near Johnson Bayou, LA on Tuesday.

Edouard has been downgraded to a tropical depression with 35 mph winds and continues to crawl NNW at 5 mph.

Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, about 15 miles southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, at 2:20 PM.

The storm has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and a minimum central pressure of 996 mb at landfall.

Gusty winds, tropical downpours and coastal flooding will be possible the next several hours. Tropical Storm Edouard will steadily weaken through Wednesday as it moves inland.

Rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches are likely across the Upper Texas Coast and east-central Texas, with localized pockets of up to 9″ through Wednesday.

Edouard strengthened from a Potential Tropical Cyclone into a tropical storm in 9 hours on Monday. It is the 5th named storm this season. 3 of those 5 storms have been in the northern Gulf.