central texas and 2 to 4 inches for parts of louisiana. i want to show you the track of hurricane alex. we get a new advisory out at 2:00 p.m. which will give us cord nats. it looks like we will have a category 2 storm overnight tonight as it continues to make landfall, most likely in northeast mexico. guys this is the first hurricane that we've seen in the gulf of mexico since -- 25 years, so 1995. patti ann: wow. >> reporter: a june storm. pretty impressive. patti ann: janice dean live in the weather center thanks. jon: fox news alert right now the senate is voting on weather to confirm general david petraeus to be the next commander of our forces in afghanistan. general petraeus has plenty of supporters who say is the right man to replace general stanley mcchrystal. that includes our next guess retired lieutenant general tom