Hurricane tracker: Projected path of Tropical Storm Francine in Gulf of Mexico

A disturbance in the Atlantic became Tropical Storm Francine around 10 a.m. Monday and is forecast to make landfall on the upper Texas coast and Louisiana coastline late Wednesday.

According to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Francine could bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds all the way from Mexico to southern Mississippi by mid-week.

"Francine is expected to bring heavy rainfall and the risk of considerable flash flooding along the coast of far northeast Mexico, portions of the southernmost Texas coast, the Upper Texas Coast, southern Louisiana, and southern Mississippi into Thursday morning," the advisory states. "A risk of flash and urban flooding exists across portions of the Mid-South from Wednesday into Friday morning."

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Key details of Tropical Storm Francine in Gulf of Mexico

As of Monday morning, Tropical Storm Francine was NNW of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. See key details of the system:

• Location: About 305 mi (495 km) SSE of the mouth of the Rio Grande; about 545 mi (875 km) S of Cameron, Louisiana
• Maximum Sustained Winds: 50 mph (85 km/h)
• Present Movement: NNW or 340 degrees at 5 mph (7 km/h)
• Minimum Central Pressure: 1003 mb (29.62 inches)

Hurricane tracker map: See projected path of Potential Tropical Storm Francine in real-time

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Hurricane tracker: Projected path of Tropical Storm Francine in Gulf of Mexico