10pm Edouard Threat Update

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON
TUESDAY. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS
COASTAL AREAS OF BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...AND CHAMBERS
COUNTIES WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
ACROSS SOUTHERN LIBERTY AND EASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES
SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD PEAK IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE TUESDAY
DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. COASTAL MATAGORDA
COUNTY CAN EXPECT TO SEE MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OF 35 TO 40 MPH. JACKSON COUNTY WILL ONLY SEE TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS IF THE TRACK OF EDOUARD SHIFTS SOUTH...OR IF
EDOUARD STRENGTHENS TO A MINIMAL HURRICANE.

...INLAND FLOODING...

AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND NEAR THE TRACK OF EDOUARD. THIS RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE
SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...

TORNADOES WILL BE A POSSIBILITY AS THE TROPICAL STORM
APPROACHES AND RAIN BANDS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COASTLINE.
THIS THREAT SHOULD BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO
THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY.