Tropical Storm Edouard

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For those of you that could potentially be affected by this in the Gulf area, stay cognizant. This is expected to end up like Dolly possibly making Cat 1 before making landfall. Prepare appropriately. I'll update as I can.


AT 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.3 NORTH 91.0 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 240 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF EDOUARD WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST OR THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND EDOUARD COULD BE NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE REACHING THE COASTLINE.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO PORT OCONNOR.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.


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 COUNTIES AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. 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 LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
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I work for nasa with noaa on weather satellite imagery. Here is the latest realtime image. Please be safe, although it is not a hurricane yet, it can potentially spin up before hitting landfall and cause lots of damage and flying debris.

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UPDATE: TS EDOUARD, close up imagery will update tomorrow as well as the 6th before it expires

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Dolly let many people with holes on their roofs and water leaking inside, houses flooded and thousands with no electricity for weeks now, right now we have the FEMA people down here and efforts continue to feed more than 14,000 people in the region, you probably don't see it in the news because it doesn't even come close to Katrina.

I've been visiting the Red Cross relief effort center and wow the work these people do is amazing, some start at 7AM and leave at 8PM... I admit I usually stayed less than an hour.

The reality is that most people do not prepare for situations like these.

Hope everything goes well with Edouard.
 
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ahhh pshht, i'm right where its going to hit in florida =(. but a cat 1 is okay, i've been through i think 8 or 9 'canes, biggest being a cat 4. but we always prepared, so get ready for it.
 
In Florida? It's in the gulf going west 0_o

It's been +100 here the last few days. 104 yesterday, 106 today. They're saying this thing's going to hold 40+ mph winds inland to me. Ugh.
 
we will keep the updates flowing. i just want everyone prepared. red we deal with the clean up after disasters here at work, among other things. i know dolly caused some problems and this will to. we are really dodging some bullets here.
 
More updates, here you can actually see the eye of the storm spinning up going west with 50knot winds

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Thanks for the updates guys.

Hope this storm does as little damage as possible while providing us with rain
 
masterofpuppets said:
In Florida? It's in the gulf going west 0_o

It's been +100 here the last few days. 104 yesterday, 106 today. They're saying this thing's going to hold 40+ mph winds inland to me. Ugh.
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Never underestimate hurricanes' natural hatred for Florida.

As for those that will be hit by these storms, I wish you the best in terms of personal and property safety. However, I do hope that we get a few drops of rain from it to help cool us down.
 
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Edouard hits landfall with 55knot winds going west until its expected to die down tomorrow at 18Z down to 30knot winds.

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It's funny, we're SLAMMED at my store right now since everyone's getting ready for it to get here. Weatherman says it's going to be 'bad late this afternoon through tomorrow morning".
 
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