A new system has emerged in the eastern tropical Atlantic, heading westward toward the Leeward Islands as Hurricane Erin continues to spin.

As the Gulf disturbance nears Texas, tropical moisture will surge Friday and Saturday in the Houston metro area, leading to increasing storm chances.

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.

In addition to Hurricane Erin, the NHC is tracking two other disturbances in the Atlantic that could bring tropical weather. Will either hit Texas?

Invest 98L, the system that emerged in the Gulf earlier this week, is strengthening as it moves northward and will likely be significant rian to Texas.

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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.

Forecasters say the disturbance has a low chance of becoming a more significant tropical system, but heavy rain is expected in parts of Texas as it moves ashore.

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Two more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin, which is following a projected course that brushes past the East Coast without making landfall.