"It probably has until the middle of the day on Thursday to do so."

Invest 93L is currently moving across the Florida Panhandle, where it's expected to bring heavy rains between Wednesday and Friday.

A Level 2 of 4 risk is in place Thursday along the Gulf Coast from east Texas to the west Florida panhandle – including New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, and Gulfport, Mississippi.

"Regardless of development, heavy rainfall could produce localized flash flooding over portions of the north-central Gulf Coast through Friday," hurricane center forecasters said in an advisory early...

Showers and storms have again developed across the area, but drier air is on the way.

“It’s going to be a minor nuisance. Street flooding could possibly be the biggest issue with this storm. That’s something we’ll clearly have to watch,” LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim told...