Latest Advisories on Tropical Storm Edouard, Storm Makes Landfall Along Upper Texas Coast

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008
7:00 AM CDT TUE AUG 05 2008
EDOUARD MAKES LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
WESTWARD TO SARGENT TEXAS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO SARGENT TEXAS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC
TO YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 7:00 AM CDT, 12:00Z, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH, LONGITUDE 94.2 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ON THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE PASS IN THE
MCFADDIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH, 23 KM/HR , AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH, 100 KM/HR, WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEAKENING LATER TODAY AS IT MOVES INLAND.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES, 110 KM FROM THE
CENTER. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 997 MB, 29.44 INCHES.
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS. EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN SOME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTAL
PARISHES AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
TODAY.
REPEATING THE 7:00 AM CDT POSITION, 29.6 N, 94.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD,
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS, 65 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE, 997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 10:00 AM CDT.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008
10:00 AM CDT TUE AUG 05 2008
EDOUARD BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND...
AT 10 AM CDT, 15:00 UTC, THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA TO SARGENT TEXAS IS DISCONTINUED. AT 10 AM CDT, TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS EAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA AND WEST OF SAN LUIS PASS ARE
DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAMERON
LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO SAN LUIS PASS TEXAS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO
YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 10:00 AM CDT, 15:00Z, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 94.6 WEST, OR ABOUT 40 MILES, 65 KM WEST
OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AND ABOUT 45 MILES, 70 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GALVESTON
TEXAS. EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH, 24 KM/HR. A
CONTINUED WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION, WITH SOME REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED, IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, TAKING EDOUARD ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH, 95 KM/HR, WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS EDOUARD CONTINUES MOVING FARTHER INLAND.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES, 110 KM FROM THE
CENTER. A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE PLATFORM AT NORTH JETTY, NEAR THE ENTRANCE
TO THE GALVESTON BAY, RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46 MPH AND A PEAK
GUST OF 59 MPH. A NOAA C-MAN STATION SRST2 NEAR SABINE PASS RECENTLY
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 54 MPH, WITH A GUST TO 61 MPH. ESTIMATED MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB, 29.44 INCHES.
STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. EDOUARD IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN SOME
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTAL PARISHES AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY.
REPEATING THE 10:00 AM CDT POSITION, 29.9 N, 94.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD,
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS, 60 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE, 997 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1:00 PM CDT, FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 4:00 PM CDT.