from this flooded area in gwinnette county. eva pilgrim joins us tonight from st. charles parrish. the meteorologists warning this could be life threatening flooding tonight. and the barrier is nearly a mile long, eva? reporter: that s right, david. they will be working through the night to make sure this is ready. it s been raining here all month. the ground is already saturated so some real concern where the rain is going to go. david? we are thinking about the people in new orleans tonight and across the gulf. let s get to rob marciano with a track of this thing. rob? hey, not a hurricane but it is a large storm. look how far north and east the rain extends. 200 miles out from the tropical storm force winds. it s 200 miles from the coast and it s not moving. we do forecast it to move. tropical storm warnings through galveston. the forecast track doesn t take it much. across the texas border early thursday morning. but again, the biggest impacts can be well east of that line.