{"id":424009,"date":"2026-09-02T14:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424009\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:32:40","slug":"remnants-of-tropical-depression-edouard-bring-heat-drought-relief-to-parts-of-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424009\/","title":{"rendered":"Remnants of Tropical Depression Edouard bring heat, drought relief to parts of North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rtnxyb6ghz52hqc9.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas weather: Sept. 2 morning forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rtnxyb6ghz52hqc9.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas weather: Sept. 2 morning forecast\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-39f6236e=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; An 11-day streak of triple-digit temperatures and a 48-day drought at Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport are expected to break as remnants of Tropical Depression Edouard move inland.<\/p>\n<p>   Tropical Depression Edouard <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The storm made landfall early Tuesday afternoon with sustained winds of 60 mph and gusts ranging between 70 mph and 90 mph. Moving north-northwest at just 5 mph, the slow-moving system has dumped more than a foot of rain along Highway 287 northeast of Houston.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The National Hurricane Center issued its final advisory on Edouard on Wednesday morning as the system weakened into a low-pressure area.<\/p>\n<p> Flood Watches <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A flood watch remains in effect for Anderson, Freestone and Leon counties, where widespread heavy rainfall and isolated totals exceeding 4 inches pose an increasing risk of flash flooding through Thursday. We do not expect the flood watch to extend into the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, as the heaviest precipitation is projected to remain to the south and east.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">While the storm system is not expected to yield significant rainfall to aid firefighters containing the nearby Ross Fire, increased humidity and cloud cover should help slow the blaze&#8217;s progression.<\/p>\n<p>  North Texas Radar <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/web_ntx.gif\" width=\"100%\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Temperatures in Dallas are forecast to reach 98 degrees Wednesday, with heat index values remaining in the triple digits before falling to a high of 94 degrees Thursday. Rain chances across the metroplex are capped at about 30% through Thursday morning, with lower chances further north and west.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dry conditions and triple-digit heat are forecast to return to the region by Labor Day weekend as a ridge of high pressure builds back over North Texas.<\/p>\n<p> 7-Day Forecast <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/web_7_day.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article is from the FOX 4 weather team.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; An 11-day streak of triple-digit temperatures and a 48-day drought at Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[102,581,116,118,117,4375,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-424009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-severe-weather","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}