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NHC AL052008 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Edouard (2008)

August 3, 2008 – August 6, 2008

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Edouard peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 103 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Edouard in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Edouard from August 3, 2008 to August 6, 2008; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 5 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 19 miles from Winnie, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 103 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (94). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 26 miles from Port Arthur, TX; the centre came closest to Dayton, TX, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
103
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Edouard passed near, strongest first

Texas (94)

and 34 more

Louisiana (9)

Other storms of the 2008 season

  • CristobalTropical storm · 66 cities
  • DollyCategory 2 · 48 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 348 cities
  • GustavCategory 4 · 194 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 2,347 cities
  • IkeCategory 4 · 1,382 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.