High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tropical Storm Edouard was the first tropical cyclone to strike southeast Texas in the month of August since Tropical Storm Grace in 2003. The fifth tropical cyclone and fifth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Edouard developed from a trough in the northern Gulf of Mexico on August 3, 2008. After initially forming as a tropical depression, it gradually strengthened and by the following day, it became Tropical Storm Edouard. However, northerly wind shear halted any further significant intensification and also caused the storm to struggle to maintain deep convection over the center. Nonetheless, Edouard eventually began to resume strengthening and peaked as a strong tropical storm on August 5. Shortly thereafter, the storm made landfall near Gilchrist, Texas at the same intensity. Once inland, Edouard quickly weakened and was only a tropical depression by twelve hours later. Early on August 6, Edouard degenerated into a remnants low over central Texas.