Tropical Storm Nicholas in the western Gulf of Mexico will be a major rainfall flood threat to parts of the Texas and Louisiana coasts, in addition to strong wind gusts and storm surge. Nicholas is centered about 250 miles south-southeast of the border between Texas and Mexico. It's helping to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms throughout a broad area of the western Gulf of Mexico right now. Some bands of rain associated with Nicholas have already spread into the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Tropical storm warnings have been issued along the coast of Texas from the mouth of the Rio Grande River to High ... (full story)