Tropical Storm Edouard largely bypassed League City on Tuesday, Sept. 1, while hammering communities near the Texas-Louisiana border with 60 mph winds and widespread outages.

The storm made landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, at about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. It weakened to a tropical depression by Tuesday night as it pushed inland over Beaumont, roughly 80 miles northeast of Houston.

Jesse Ryholt, Galveston County emergency management coordinator, had said before landfall that major impacts were not expected for most of the county. That forecast largely held. CenterPoint Energy, the utility serving League City and surrounding areas, reported about 750 storm-related outages across the entire Greater Houston area on Tuesday, according to the Galveston Daily News. CenterPoint has not released a League City-specific outage count.

The National Weather Service (NWS) Houston/Galveston office had forecast 2 to 4 inches of rain for most of Galveston County's inland areas, with 6 to 9 inches possible on Bolivar Peninsula. The NWS also warned that areas along and east of Interstate 45 could see 3 to 6 inches, with rainfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour. Jimmy Fowler, NWS warning coordination meteorologist, said before landfall that flash flooding would be possible in areas with heavier rainfall, especially over poor drainage areas. Confirmed rainfall totals for League City were not available as of Wednesday morning.

Clear Lake ISD and Dickinson ISD released students early on Tuesday. Several Houston-area districts canceled Wednesday classes, though League City-area district decisions for Wednesday were not confirmed in available reports.

The real damage landed east. Beaumont police reported downed trees blocking roads, broken traffic signals and flooded underpasses as the storm's center passed over the city, the Associated Press reported. Entergy Texas, which serves counties east of the Houston metro, said about 70,000 customers had lost power as of about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

By 6 a.m. Wednesday, tens of thousands of Entergy customers remained without electricity, according to Fox 4 Beaumont. Jefferson County still had 28,566 outages. Hardin County had 13,889. More than 1,500 Entergy crews were working to restore service.

"It looks like if there is any storm surge, it'll be minimal, you know, probably less than two feet," Ryholt had told KPRC 2 before the storm.

The NWS dropped tropical storm warnings for Chambers County and southern Liberty County as Edouard moved inland. As of Wednesday, the agency forecast brief, hit-or-miss downpours for League City and surrounding areas, with wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph still possible near heavier rain bands. Saturated ground and swollen waterways could cause flooding problems into Thursday. Scattered storms remain possible Thursday as Edouard's remnants drift into North Texas, with rain chances decreasing Friday through the weekend as high pressure builds. Heat index values could approach 105 degrees by the weekend. Residents who spot downed power lines should stay away and call CenterPoint Energy at 800-332-7143.