Tropical Storm Edouard

[vortex95]

12 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Wind wise it’s not far off, but surge is a different story. A weaking cat 3 has imbedded surge while a strenthing cat 1 has yet to really form a large surge.


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And the most extreme example I can think of is Katrina.  Down to 125 mph at at landfall, but still all-time record surge of 28 ft!

[PhiEaglesfan712]

On 9/2/2026 at 3:29 PM, olafminesaw said:

I doubt it given the limited scope, maybe different if the band had parked over a major city

Yeah, if Emily didn't get retired (and that was a C5), I highly doubt they are going to retire Edouard. 

[WxWatcher007]

1 hour ago, vortex95 said:

And the most extreme example I can think of is Katrina.  Down to 125 mph at at landfall, but still all-time record surge of 28 ft!

When I went down to the Gulf Coast a few years ago, there were still foundation slabs dotting the landscape. Katrina wiped out neighborhoods and some people just never rebuilt. Sad stuff but a powerful reminder of what some of these hurricanes can do.

[vortex95]

On 9/3/2026 at 11:43 PM, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Yeah, if Emily didn't get retired (and that was a C5), I highly doubt they are going to retire Edouard. 

It eludes me why Emily from 2005 was not retired.  Not b/c it was Cat 5 in July, but b/c it made two Cat 3 landfalls in Mexico.  Usually, a Cat 3 or higher landfall anywhere is retired no problem.  But retirement request I think are based on if the country(s) impact from officials there.  Since Mexico was the only country directly impacted, they must have not requested it in the annual WMO meeting.

Bret in 1999 was a Cat 3 landall in TX, but it was small and made landfall between the very sparsely populated area between CRP and BRO, so it was not retired.