Tropical Depression Edouard could produce flash flooding Wednesday
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As Edouard continues to swirl north of Southeast Texas, street and flash flooding will be possible with heavy, tropical downpours Wednesday. There is also a marginal risk for street and flash flooding Thursday too with scattered thunderstorms in the forecast once again thanks to high tropical moisture from the remnants of Edouard.
Wednesday afternoon Edouard is centered over the Piney Woods as a tropical depression with winds of 35 mph. Heavy feeder bands of tropical rainfall continue to swirl over Trinity counties where a Flash Flood Warning is in effect. Some regions have received between 4 to 16 inches of rain so far, enough that could lead to significant street and urban flooding as well as life-threatening flash flooding at times. If your area is issued a Flash Flood Warning, anticipate that nearby street could be flooded and impassable and regions that are flood prone will likely take on water.
These heavy feeder bands will continue to swirl near the center of Edouard but thankfully the system will begin to pull away from Southeast Texas into Wednesday afternoon. Streaming bands of showers and storms will continue to develop Wednesday in the afternoon and evening. This could lead to street flooding for areas that haven't seen rainfall yet. That rainfall could then lead to further flash flooding in areas that already have picked up copious amounts of rain. Otherwise Wednesday will be a cloudy and humid day with temperatures in the upper 80s or low 90s.
What weather alerts are associated with this system?
A Flood Watch has been extended until 7 a.m. Thursday for Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, Liberty, San Jacinto, Polk, Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity and Waller counties. Additionally, a Wind Advisory is in effect until 1 p.m. Wednesday for our northeast counties. Winds will continue to gust to more than 40 mph there, possibly creating power outages.
What does the rest of the week look like?
Tropical moisture will remain in place which will help bring Southeast Texas more showers and storms. This could lead to additional isolated areas of flooding through Thursday. After that, scattered heavy downpours of rain will be possible each and every afternoon through the weekend.
How about an early outlook for Labor Day Weekend?
At this time, any tropical mischief related to Edouard should be out of here. Saturday there will still be some higher levels of tropical moisture nearby, so that day could have more shower and storms activity than Sunday and Monday. We'll be back to a warm and calm weather pattern, which means hot afternoons with highs in the mid-upper 90s and the chance for a few pop-up showers both Monday and Tuesday.
What else are you tracking in the tropics?
Aside from Edouard, we are also tracking 3 tropical systems in the Pacific. For a more in-depth discussion on what's happening in the tropics, visit our Daily Tropical Update page.
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Southeast Texas
Houston
Harris County
Galveston County
Montgomery/Walker/San Jacinto/Polk/Grimes Counties
Fort Bend/Wharton/Colorado Counties
Brazoria/Matagorda Counties
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