A sprawling area of storms infused with tropical moisture is dropping heavy rain along the Gulf Coast and could produce significant flash flooding into the weekend. The threat Friday is not as bad as previously expected,

Heavy rain overnight Thursday and into early morning Friday led to damages and road closures in Benton County.

Part of northern Lower Michigan got blasted with the heaviest rain. The highest official rain measurement was 5.36″ at Crawford, MI. An area between Grayling and Frederic has radar rain estimates between six inches and eight inches. Anything colored in yellow had at least two inches total rainfall.

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.

Isolated severe thunderstorm threats will fade late evening, but flash flood warnings may remain until midnight for parts of the Piedmont Triad.

Showers and storms continue through Sunday morning, becomming less widespread as the morning progresses. By Sunday afternoon and evening, most of the area is dry, except for the chance of an isolated shower or storm. Highs reach the mid 70s in our northwest counties and low 80s in our southwest counties.

SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall possible. High 86. SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers. Low 68.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in London and marched past Britain's parliament despite heavy rain on Saturday (July 19).