Invest 98L, the tropical system that emerged near Mexico early Wednesday, Aug. 13, is tracking toward Texas. Will it impact the state?

The center of a tropical disturbance that flared up in the Gulf began to move across land on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall to parts of northeastern Mexico and South Texas.

A heat advisory has been issued for the Dallas-Fort Worth area and points east, as a powerful and rapidly intensifying Hurricane Erin churns in the Caribbean.

The likely path of a disturbance, increasingly expected to develop into a cyclone, has encroached on Texas in recent days, National Hurricane Center (NHC) tracker maps show. Officials have warned that the disturbance presents the threat of heavy rain, flooding, and increased rip currents along portions of Texas' coastline.

It’s another August week in North Texas, which means the recipe is familiar: heat, humidity, and the occasional pop-up shower or storm. The better chance of rain arrives Wednesday and Thursday with a weak front. Here’s what you can expect as you head back to work and school.

As Texas is faced by the threat of severe storms and flash flooding – just weeks after devastating floods in Kerr County – Gov. Greg Abbott has activated state emergency response resources.

We are tracking a tropical disturbance in the Gulf that has gotten stronger overnight and will help push some rain into the Houston-area.

If this storm becomes more organized before it moves over land, it would become Tropical Storm Fernand. A potential tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico could form and make landfall in Texas or Mexico before Erin even threatens land.