The National Hurricane Center did a great job with this one.  5pm. Appears the storm is still strengthening. Port Arthur just reported a wind gust of 90 mph.  5pm Radar It came inland at the Texas-Louisiana border and has been producing gusts up to 71 mph.  The storm is forecast to move northwest and dissipate by the time it reaches the general vicinity of the Metroplex. Heavy rain will occur along its path.  The forecast for Edouard is below. It depicts the dissipation area.

Winds are now up to 50 mph and the pressure has dropped to 1000 mb. It continues to move northwest and will make landfall near the TX-LA border.  Unfortunately, I will not be able to provide updates until mid- to late afternoon. 

However, the storm is forecast to reach tropical storm force ("S") before it crosses the coast. It will weaken back to a tropical depression ("D") before it reaches Dallas.  The small pink area is where a hurricane watch is in effect. The blue = tropical storm warning. Here is a forecast of rainfall amounts. Fortunately, the heaviest rain is forecast to miss the Hill Country where so much flood suffering has occurred the past 18 months. 

There is no need for this to be recurring.  This is the current headline in the U.S. version of the Daily Mail. There have been a rash of of lightning deaths in Florida this season. You can find the story here .  You can find lightning first aid tips here .  Please take our suggestions for lightning safety seriously. 

The area in red is where is there is a serious risk of flash floods between now and 6am Arizona / 5am Mountain time Tuesday. Please keep up on the latest weather information!

According to the Grand Canyon office of the National Park Service, the major flash flood occurred Saturday at 2:30 pm MST (4:30pm CDT).  Unfortunately, the National Weather Service's flash flood warning was not issued until 2:42pm, twelve minutes after the flash flood occurred. The worst flooding was apparently in the Bright Angel Creek area. While this was a fast developing flood situation, there were clues. The National Weather Service excessive rainfall forecasting group had put that area under what some would call a flood alert. The image is part of a detailed meteorological (technical) discussion regarding the enhanced risk of flash flooding within the purple area. It was issued at 11:13am Arizona time, about three hours before the flood.  The radar showed torrential rain (for Arizona) occurred starting roughly 20 minutes before the flood. Here is the radar three minutes before the flood (4:27 CDT = 2:27 pm MST). The area of interest is about 5 miles northeast of Grand Ca...