Published: August 05, 2008 10:32 am      

TS Edouard 10 a.m.Tuesday update

AT 10 a.m., THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM WEST OF

INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO SARGENT TEXAS IS DISCONTINUED.



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.



AT 10 a.m., THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.6 WEST OR ABOUT 40

MILES WEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AND ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.



EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH, AND 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 WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS EDOUARD CONTINUES MOVING FARTHER INLAND.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER. A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE PLATFORM AT NORTH JETTY, WHICH IS 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.