Tropical Storm Edouard (2008)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

August 3, 2008 to August 6, 2008

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

996 mb (29.41 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.7

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)

Overall size

175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

65 kt (75 mph)

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

AL052008

Radar at KHGX as it neared land, Aug 5, 12:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

3 (3 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$1.1 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

25 in 9 reports from 6 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

13 tropical storm, 5 storm surge/tide, 4 flash flood, 2 rip current, 1 marine strong wind.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 718 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 6.48 inches (165 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above normal was experienced along the southeast Louisiana coast as Tropical Storm Edouard moved across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Minimal impact was felt along the coast with only minor flooding of a few coastal roadways. Maximum storm tide was 3.2 feet recorded at the LUMCON-Cocodrie facility.

Lower Terrebonne, Louisiana · Storm Surge/Tide · Aug 3, 22:00 UTC

Storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above normal was experienced along the southeast Louisiana coast as Tropical Storm Edouard moved across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Minimal impact was felt along the coast with only minor flooding of a few coastal roadways. Maximum storm tide was 3.2 feet recorded at the LUMCON-Cocodrie facility.

Lower Plaquemines, Louisiana · Storm Surge/Tide · Aug 3, 22:00 UTC

Coast Guard reported a 34 year old man apparently fell overboard a commercial shrimp boat several miles south of the Southwest Pass. He was presumed dead after several days of searching. Rough seas and high winds were occurring in the area in conjunction with Tropical Storm Edouard.

Sw Pass of The Ms R To Atchafalaya R La Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Strong Wind · Aug 4, 01:00 UTC

Tropical Storm Edouard moved ashore along the upper Texas coast between High Island and Sabine Pass in the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge and produced minimal damage totaling $100,000. Damage from Edouard included minor storm tide flooding along portions of the Bolivar Peninsula ($95,000) and brief flash flooding along portions of Interstate 10 in Chambers County ($5,000). Storm tide damage on the Bolivar Peninsula was confined to the Gilchrist area. Ten single family homes experienced flooding up to eighteen inches deep inside the home. Fifteen single family homes and two mobile homes experienced flooding up to six inches deep inside the home. Interstate 10 was closed in central Chambers County near State Highway 61 due to Edouard's heavy rainfall estimated to be between 3 and 5 inches.

Chambers, Texas · Tropical Storm · Aug 5, 06:30 UTC

Tropical Storm Edouard moved ashore along the upper Texas coast between High Island and Sabine Pass in the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge and produced minimal damage totaling $100,000. Damage from Edouard included minor storm tide flooding along portions of the Bolivar Peninsula ($95,000) and brief flash flooding along portions of Interstate 10 in Chambers County ($5,000). Storm tide damage on the Bolivar Peninsula was confined to the Gilchrist area. Ten single family homes experienced flooding up to eighteen inches deep inside the home. Fifteen single family homes and two mobile homes experienced flooding up to six inches deep inside the home. Interstate 10 was closed in central Chambers County near State Highway 61 due to Edouard's heavy rainfall estimated to be between 3 and 5 inches.

Galveston, Texas · Tropical Storm · Aug 5, 06:30 UTC

Extensive flash flooding was observed across much of central and north central Albuquerque on the evening of the 8th. Carlisle road was especially hit hard. Two feet of water was flowing over Carlisle and Montgomery and some apartments had water in them near this intersection. High water was also reported at Carlisle and Lomas, Candelaria and Edith, and Osuna and Jefferson. One person was rescued from the Interstate 40 diversion channel which had several feet of fast moving water in it.

Bernalillo, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Aug 9, 01:14 UTC

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A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Edouard