A sprawling area storms churning toward the Gulf Coast threatens to bring significant rain and flash flooding this week to a large swath of the southeast, from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana and parts of eastern Texas.

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

A tropical disturbance is bringing heavy rain and the risk of flash floods to the northern Gulf Coast, triggering flood watches from Mississippi to southeast Texas, forecasters say. According to the National Weather Service,