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Tropical Storm Edouard

Aug 3, 2008 to Aug 6, 2008Peak 63 mph996 mb

Tropical Storm Edouard passed within 50 miles of 18 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on August 5, 2008.

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Tropical Storm Edouard · 2008

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Edouard on August 4, 2008, about 19 hours before landfall in Jefferson County, TX.

Tropical Storm Edouard on August 4, 2008, about 19 hours before landfall in Jefferson County, TX.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on its late-morning pass, around 16:34 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
63 mph, 55 kt
Lowest pressure
996 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
18
LA, TX
Counties within 100 miles
36
LA, TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Cameron Parish, LA, 15.8 mi, Aug 5, 2008
Landfalls recorded
1
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Jefferson CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Montgomery CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Chambers CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Liberty CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
San Jacinto CountyTX2.0Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Harris CountyTX2.3Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Galveston CountyTX6.4Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Hardin CountyTX13.8Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Cameron ParishLA15.8Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Polk CountyTX23.3Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Orange CountyTX26.4Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Tyler CountyTX38.1Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Jasper CountyTX38.2Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Brazoria CountyTX39.4Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Calcasieu ParishLA41.3Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Vermilion ParishLA43.9Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Fort Bend CountyTX45.8Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Newton CountyTX46.1Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Terrebonne ParishLA50.7Tropical stormAug 4, 2008
Plaquemines ParishLA57.3Tropical stormAug 4, 2008
Iberia ParishLA57.8Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Beauregard ParishLA60.7Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Jefferson Davis ParishLA60.9Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Lafourche ParishLA62.9Tropical stormAug 4, 2008
St. Mary ParishLA68.3Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Jefferson ParishLA73.7Tropical stormAug 4, 2008
Acadia ParishLA74.5Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Allen ParishLA80.3Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Matagorda CountyTX81.6Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
San Augustine CountyTX84.1Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Assumption ParishLA85.7Tropical stormAug 4, 2008
Lafayette ParishLA87.5Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
St. Martin ParishLA88.2Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Sabine CountyTX89.7Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Vernon ParishLA92.5Tropical stormAug 5, 2008
Evangeline ParishLA98.1Tropical stormAug 5, 2008

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.