Tropical Depression Edouard knocks out power to about 70,000 Entergy Texas customers after landfall

BEAUMONT, Texas — Tropical Depression Edouard knocked out power to about 70,000 Entergy Texas customers after coming ashore as a tropical storm. Entergy Texas gave that outage figure as of 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, about 2:20 p.m. CDT, with maximum sustained winds near 60 mph. That is on the Texas-Louisiana border.

By 10 p.m. CDT, NHC Advisory 7 said Edouard had weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph winds about 40 miles northwest of Beaumont, Texas. It was not a hurricane. The sources listed here did not report a death toll.

Tropical Depression Edouard landfall near the Texas-Louisiana line

Edouard reached land Tuesday afternoon near Johnson Bayou, La., about 2:20 p.m. CDT. The National Hurricane Center put landfall winds near 60 mph.

Johnson Bayou sits on the southwestern Louisiana coast, close to the Texas line. From there the storm moved inland toward southeast Texas.

NBC News, citing the hurricane center, said the system came ashore near the Texas-Louisiana border with those 60 mph winds. UPI also reported landfall at the state line on Tuesday.

The key point for U.S. readers is simple. This was a tropical storm at landfall, then a tropical depression by night, not a hurricane.

How Edouard weakened after coming ashore

NHC Advisory Number 7, issued at 10 p.m. CDT Tuesday, said the center was about 40 miles northwest of Beaumont and about 50 miles south-southeast of Lufkin. Maximum sustained winds had fallen to near 35 mph.

The hurricane center said this was its last public advisory on the system. Future information would come from the Weather Prediction Center.

Forecasters said Edouard was expected to dissipate by Wednesday night. Wind gusts near tropical-storm force could still occur near the center for several hours after the 10 p.m. advisory.

US Local Now is using the NHC archive and utility updates, as described in our editorial policy.

Entergy Texas outages as of Tuesday evening

Entergy Texas, in a 7:15 p.m. Tuesday storm update, said approximately 70,000 customers were without power. ABC13 Houston reported the same snapshot.

The company said it had more than 1,500 resources in the field to assess damage, make repairs, and restore power.

Frank Shannon, vice president of reliability for Entergy Texas, said, “Our crews are doing everything they can to safely restore service to our customers. While high winds, flooding and other conditions can make restoration more challenging, our teams will continue working to reach all areas affected by the storm as soon as it is safe to do so.”

Outage counts change through a storm. The 70,000 figure is Entergy’s 7:15 p.m. Tuesday number, not a later peak from a different clock time.

Why restoration can wait on the wind

Entergy Texas said weather affects how quickly crews can work. For crew safety, the company said it cannot operate bucket trucks when sustained winds are 35 mph or higher.

That threshold matters because Advisory 7 still listed 35 mph sustained winds on the depression Tuesday night. Flooding, debris, and other hazards can also block access, the utility said.

Even when bucket trucks cannot roll, Entergy said crews may restore some power by rerouting lines or using other methods that can be done safely. The company said it also has helicopters, drones, and high-water vehicles for damage checks.

ABC13 reported that more than 1,500 resources were already in the field Tuesday night.

Rain and flood threat still in the forecast

The 10 p.m. CDT advisory said Edouard was expected to produce 3 to 7 inches of rain, with isolated totals up to 12 inches, from the Upper Texas Coast inland through east-central Texas. Far southwest Louisiana could see 2 to 4 inches.

The hurricane center said that rainfall was likely to produce flash flooding, especially in low-lying and urban areas. Significant flash flooding was possible. River flooding may also be possible.

UPI summarized the same rainfall range from the NHC. NBC News also reported 3 to 7 inches, with up to 12 inches in some areas.

Those rain totals are forecasts from Tuesday night, not measured storm-total maps from later in the week.

What this storm is — and is not

Tropical Depression Edouard is the weakened form of Tropical Storm Edouard. A tropical depression has weaker sustained winds than a tropical storm. A hurricane is a stronger category still. Edouard did not reach hurricane strength in the accounts cited here.

The sources listed for this article did not report a death toll. This newsroom is not inventing one.

Entergy’s 7:15 p.m. update is the outage number in the headline: about 70,000 Entergy Texas customers. Readers should treat that as a timestamped utility count.

US Local Now’s About page explains how we source weather and utility news. If the outage total or landfall time is later revised by the NHC or Entergy, we will update this report and note it on our Corrections page.

Sources

• National Hurricane Center, Tropical Depression Edouard Advisory Number 7, 10 p.m. CDT Sept. 1, 2026
• Entergy Texas Tropical Storm Edouard update, 7:15 p.m. Sept. 1, 2026
• ABC13 Houston, “Nearly 70,000 customers without power amid Tropical Storm Edouard, Entergy officials say”
• NBC News, “Edouard weakens into tropical depression after landfall, but still dumping rain into Texas”
• UPI, “Tropical Storm Edouard moves inland, flash flooding possible”