The best chance of rain is expected to be from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, before drier conditions return to San Antonio for much of the weekend.

Forecasters say there is a marginal risk of excessive rain over Southeast Texas on Friday. The area could also be hit by gusty winds and minor floods, as the system continues to develop. There is an increased risk of a rip current into the weekend.

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

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses

A push by Texas Republicans and President Donald Trump to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has sparked a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their own House districts.

California will forge ahead with a plan to redraw its congressional district maps in a bid to give Democrats five more US House seats, a drastic move intended to neutralize a similar President Trump-backed effort underway by Texas Republicans.