Gulf, flood and tropical rainstorm
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Flooding was possible across some parts of Southeast Texas, mainly east of Interstate 45, and in East Texas along the Texas-Louisiana border.
While most of Texas will stay dry over the next several days, far East Texas will have a chance of significant tropical rainfall.
Downpours are expected in Houston on Friday as a tropical disturbance along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico stalls without strengthening.
The Florida Panhandle will see heavy rainfall from Invest 93L after it reaches the Gulf on Wednesday. The greatest threat to the area at the moment is flash flooding in low-lying, poor-drainage areas and urban locations. Invest 93L is currently expected to make landfall near Louisiana's southeastern coast Thursday morning.
Invest 93L is currently churning in the Gulf and is expected to pick up a bit of steam before it makes landfall in Louisiana early Thursday afternoon.
"At this time, the intensity will range from a sprawling tropical rainstorm to perhaps a strike from a more compact, full-blown hurricane," Rayno said, adding that wind shear in the Gulf of Mexico ...
According to the NHC, the tropical wave in the northwestern Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico has a 60% chance of formation over the next seven days and is likely to form by early to mid-next week.