A tropical weather system near the Florida Panhandle is showing a moderate chance of becoming a tropical depression.

The system is threatening to bring heavy rain and the risk of flash floods to the northeastern and central Gulf Coast this ...

The National Hurricane Center said July 16 it is continuing to monitor an area of low pressure moving across Florida toward the Gulf.

When classifying these storms, the major factor taken into account is the wind. Tropical depressions have winds of less than 38 mph; tropical storms have winds of 39 - 73 mph.

Wind gusts over 50 mph and flash flooding have already been reported as the disturbance heads west. Southeast Texas could be next in line.

All eyes are on the tropics, as a cluster of thunderstorms moves across the northern Gulf with the potential for flooding ...