**TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD MAKES LANDFALL NEAR SABINE PASS!!**

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Most of the rain is located on the north side. Not much on the south side.

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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER  7

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  AL052008

1000 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

...EDOUARD STRENGTHENS AND TURNS WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...

AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED

EAST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE WESTWARD

TO PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY

LOUISIANA TO PORT O'CONNOR.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1000 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.2 WEST OR ABOUT 105

MILES...170 KM...SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 160 MILES...

260 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...

AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE

IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST

TRACK...THE CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER THE

UPPER TEXAS OR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTS BY MIDDAY TUESDAY.

REPORTS FROM COASTAL DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED

WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

EDOUARD IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR

HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE COASTLINE DURING

THE DAY TOMORROW.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM

FROM THE CENTER.  SEVERAL ELEVATED OIL RIGS SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA

COAST HAVE BEEN REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH DURING

THE PAST FEW HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT 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 LOUISIANA COASTAL PARISHES.  ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6

INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE

OVER SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

AND THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

REPEATING THE 1000 PM CDT POSITION...28.7 N...92.2 W.  MOVEMENT

TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60

MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 100 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400

AM CDT.

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Hit refresh from time to time for update time

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Radar above shows the Storm center moving W/NW..Landfall looks to be close to our area after daybreak Tuesday. Hopefully it will stay disorganized.

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

Got caught with the proverbial "pants down" on this one!!!  >

[Bulldog92]

Got caught with the proverbial "pants down" on this one!!!  >

It looks pretty good right now and could very well be a minimal hurricane once it comes in. It's probably 5-10 miles off of the SWLA coast and probably will make landfall very close to the border. For some reason, storms like that area the past few years. Good luck to everyone down there. Stay safe....

[tvc184]

Right now it looks like landfall right up Sabine Pass or very nearby.

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Edouard makes Landfall near Sabine Pass as a strong T.S.

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[adminbaberuth]

My paper was still readable, gust probably around 35 mph here in Nederland. Lights are flickering, could go out any moment.

[td]

what are the odds of this thing hitting us head on?

I will take head on rather than just to the west of us and it looks like just to the west of us is what is happening.

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Center went across Sabine Pass and West Beaumont...I'm getting 50 MPH winds

[td]

So far so good here in Orange. Just a little wind and not much rain but I guess the rain will be coming. The thoughts of high winds will keep and Insurance Agent up at night.

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...Some heavy rains likely today.

[Gasilla]

So far we still have power here in O'Town (knocking on wood and crossing my fingers).

[td]

...Some heavy rains likely today.

I thought the rain was coming. Easier to deal with than the wind.

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[td]

So far we still have power here in O'Town (knocking on wood and crossing my fingers).

Gasilla answer your phone or just call me at work.

[Guest etbu]

We are getting pounded in downtown Houston.  8) Hope all are safe.

[Bucof2010]

Lasted just long enough that we don't have to work today. Haha

[td]

Sun is shining and a little wind with no rain in Orange. At least for now.

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Woo Woo, football time!

[bullets13]

Tropical Storm E-dud.

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It was an average T.S.