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.

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 stronger winds with a 65 mph measurement 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.

Bands of 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 possible across the region.

Peak storm surge of 3 to 5 feet is possible from High Island, TX to Vermilion/Cameron Parish Line, LA. Outside of these areas, peak surge is 1-3 feet for places like Morgan City, Louisiana.

The storm’s landfall times out close to low tide so that will limit the storm surge threat for coastal communities.

Wind impacts won’t be widespread, but a stretch of coastline could be affected by damaging gusts. This is a small system with tropical-storm-force winds only extending 25 miles from Edouard’s center.