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 slow-developing, broad area of low pressure located over the far northern portion of the Gulf is threatening to bring heavy rain and flooding.

Flooding rain is expected along the Gulf Coast as Invest 93L tries to organize into a tropical depression or storm. Meanwhile, tragedy struck at a New Jersey archery range after a lightning strike killed one person and injured more than dozen others.

HOUSTON - The hot, dry and humid air will be in the forecast for Thursday in the Houston area. Houston is seeing less afternoon downpours today, but the air remains very warm and humid. Look for a similar day Thursday & expect mostly sunny skies and higher temperatures in the mid to upper 90s.

Tonight, storms will end, and it will become mostly clear. Expect muggy lows in the lower to middle 70s. Invest 93L remains just off the east coast of Florida. It will move west across Florida and