official data
TD Edouard inland — significant flash flooding across East Texas
The NWS Weather Prediction Center’s Public Advisory Number 9 on Tropical Depression Edouard (AL052026), issued at 10:00 AM CDT Wednesday 2 September 2026 (1500 UTC), places the center near 31.3°N, 95.0°W — about 125 miles (200 km) northwest of Beaumont, Texas, and about 40 miles (65 km) west-northwest of Lufkin. Maximum sustained winds are 35 mph (55 km/h); motion is north-northwest (335°) at 5 mph; minimum central pressure is 1004 mb (29.65 in). The National Hurricane Center has issued its final advisory; WPC continues updates while the system remains a flood threat. The advisory headline states Edouard is producing significant flash flooding across East Texas. Flood Watches remain from the Upper Texas Coast into portions of eastern Texas. Rainfall along the path is expected at 5–10 inches, with maximum totals up to 20 inches inland away from the Upper Texas Coast through east-central Texas; significant flash flooding is increasingly likely over the Piney Woods of southeast Texas, with southwest Louisiana expecting 2–4 inches.
Key facts
- Center
- 31.3°N, 95.0°W — ~125 mi NW of Beaumont TX / ~40 mi WNW of Lufkin TX
- Intensity / motion
- 35 mph (55 km/h); NNW (335°) at 5 mph; min pressure 1004 mb (29.65 in)
- Status
- NHC final advisory issued; WPC continues updates while flood threat remains
- Headline
- Edouard producing significant flash flooding across East Texas
- Watches
- Flood Watches remain from Upper Texas Coast into portions of eastern Texas
- Rainfall
- 5–10 inches along path; max totals up to 20 inches inland through east-central Texas; SW Louisiana 2–4 inches
EDOUARD PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EAST TEXAS
WPC Tropical Depression Edouard Advisory Number 9, Sep 2, 2026
Note
This note supersedes the Sep 1 Beaumont landfall board item (nws-edouard-beaumont-landfall-2026-09-01): the storm has moved inland as a tropical depression near Lufkin, and the live hazard is now WPC’s significant flash-flood and heavy-rain corridor across East Texas rather than coastal tropical-storm winds.
Primary source preference: WPC Public Advisory Number 9 for AL052026 at 1500 UTC 2 September 2026. Doom Signals does not invent rainfall totals or watch polygons beyond that product.
- Advisory: WPC Public Advisory 9, AL052026
- Place: Lufkin / East Texas Piney Woods
- Official coords: 31.3, −95.0
Why it matters
Same-morning official WPC inland-flood advisory advances the story past the Sep 1 Beaumont landfall product — new TD status, Lufkin-area position, and concrete 5–20 inch rain / Piney Woods flash-flood messaging for the climate rail.
Sources
- NWS Weather Prediction Center (AL052026 Adv. 9)
- National Hurricane Center
- NWS Weather Prediction Center
Official data. Not a forecast.