Tropical Storm Edouard officially made landfall at 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday near Johnson Bayou in southwest Louisiana near Sabine Pass, with maximum sustained winds around 60 mph, just 14 mph shy of hurricane status and up 10 mph since Tuesday morning.

At landfall, the National Ocean Service station near Texas Point near the Louisiana border reported a sustained wind of 57 mph and a wind gust to 71 mph. 

At 2 p.m., the center of Edouard was located about 15 miles south-southeast of Port Arthur, TX and about 30 miles west-southwest of Cameron, LA, moving northwest at 8 mph. 

Tropical Storm Edouard will push inland through the afternoon and evening. (National Hurricane Center)
Tropical Storm Edouard will push inland through the afternoon and evening. (National Hurricane Center)

Moderate to heavy rain is beginning to push into southeast Texas between Beaumont and Houston. 

Over the next 12 to 24 hours, heavy rain and gusty winds will be common across Southeast Texas. A flood watch has been issued for the Houston area until Wednesday morning and then a wind advisory is in effect across a good portion of the region until Wednesday afternoon. 

Rain totals will be between 3 and 6 inches with isolated amounts up to 9 inches, especially in a line from Beaumont north to Lufkin and Huntsville.

This amount of rainfall is likely to produce flash flooding, especially in low-lying and urban areas. 

While Edouard is a small storm and no direct hazards are expected in Central Texas, we could still see some residual storms from its remnants. A few isolated showers and storms could arise Tuesday, with more scattered activity expected Wednesday across areas along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor. 

Edouard will become stalled over East Texas, helping to fuel scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plains, northern Hill Country, and northern I-35 Corridor each afternoon through the rest of the week. 

Each afternoon, increasing instability will bring the potential for scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the week. (National Weather Service)
Each afternoon, increasing instability will bring the potential for scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the week. (National Weather Service)

Rainfall totals will be much higher along the Texas coast but inland areas, including Central Texas, could see between a half inch and an inch of cumulative rainfall by the end of the week. 

"The primary concern with any storms will be downbursts and locally heavy rainfall that could lead to localized and minor flooding issues," meteorologists at the National Weather Service wrote in their daily weather discussion for Central Texas. 

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This article originally published at Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday: Here's where.