At 8:00 a.m. EDT on August 5, Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall on the upper Texas coast about halfway between High Island and Sabine Pass. Winds as high as 65 mph and as much as six inches of precipitation has caused flash flooding, road closures, and power outages in southeast Texas and Louisiana. As of 5:00 a.m. EDT August 6, Edouard had weakened to a Tropical Depression (TD), and was located 30 miles west-northwest of Waco, TX and 30 miles north of College Station, TX moving toward the northwest near 15 mph. Maximum sustained winds were near 10 mph. The potential for flooding rains will extend primarily over southwest Louisiana and central and southeast Texas. Also, isolated tornadoes may occur in this area as the center of Edouard takes a more northwesterly track. Approximately 14,000 customers were without power in southeast Texas as of 7:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday - down from a peak of over 30,000 customers without power. All power in Louisiana has been restored from a peak of 1,552 customers without power.
The Texas State Operations Center (SOC) released its ESFs, but continues to monitor the possibility of flash flooding. The Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center has closed operations.
The National Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) is deployed to Lake Charles, (Calcasieu Parish) LA.
FEMA Region VI IMAT is deployed to Houston (Harris County), TX and maintaining contact with the State and Division Coordinators.
FEMA Region VI RRCC, which was activated at Level I, returned to Level III Tuesday night; an overnight staff of Operations and Planning personnel is monitoring potential flash flooding as a result of Tropical Depression Edouard. All ESFs have been released.
FEMA NRCC returned to Steady State status and all ESFs were released at 5:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, August 5. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) placed two liaisons in the Texas SOC to respond to requests for flood fight assistance, if so needed. If conditions permit today, USACE will begin assessments of navigation projects. There have been no requests for State or Federal assistance. (Source: FEMA)
The Cane Page