MIAMI — Tropical Storm Edouard was closing in on the northwestern Gulf Coast Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2026, with landfall expected shortly between southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said.

In Intermediate Advisory 5A, valid at 1:00 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC), NHC placed Edouard’s center near 29.7°N, 93.6°W — about 20 miles west-southwest of Cameron, Louisiana, and 25 miles southeast of Port Arthur, Texas. Maximum sustained winds were 50 mph (85 km/h), with a northwest motion at 8 mph and a minimum central pressure of 1000 mb. NHC had not yet issued a landfall confirmation bulletin; the agency said the center was forecast to reach the coast within the warning area later Tuesday and move inland over southeast Texas tonight.

Edouard is a small tropical cyclone. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward only about 25 miles from the center. A National Ocean Service station at Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, recently reported sustained winds of 44 mph and a gust of 52 mph as tropical storm conditions spread across the warning area.

NHC discontinued the Hurricane Watch and the Storm Surge Warning with the 1 p.m. intermediate advisory. The National Weather Service issued a Coastal Flood Warning for portions of the northwestern Gulf Coast. A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect from Port Bolivar, Texas, to the Vermilion/Iberia Parish line in Louisiana.

Storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above ground is still possible from High Island, Texas, to the Vermilion/Cameron Parish line in Louisiana, NHC said, with the deepest water near and to the right of the center. Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, with local amounts up to 9 inches, is forecast from the Upper Texas Coast inland through east-central Texas, and 2 to 4 inches in far southwest Louisiana. Flash flooding is likely in low-lying and urban areas, and river flooding may also be possible.

National Weather Service Houston/Galveston, in a 12:25 p.m. CDT area forecast discussion, said a Flood Watch remains in effect through 7 p.m. Wednesday for much of southeast Texas, including the Houston metro area. That office said the heaviest rain risk is generally along and east of Interstate 45, with training bands capable of producing isolated totals above the broader NHC range in a narrow corridor from Liberty toward Huntsville.

NHC also warned that a tornado or two is possible Tuesday afternoon and evening over parts of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas.

Little change in strength is expected before landfall, NHC said in Advisory 5A, with rapid weakening once the center moves inland. Earlier Tuesday morning, Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters and radar data had shown Edouard strengthening, which prompted a Hurricane Watch that has since been discontinued. Forecast Discussion No. 5, issued at 10:00 a.m. CDT, still showed the system becoming post-tropical inland by Wednesday morning and dissipating by about 36 hours after the 10 a.m. cycle.

The next complete NHC advisory is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CDT. Residents in the warning and flood-watch areas should follow the latest local National Weather Service products for county-level watches, warnings and evacuation guidance.

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