PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 40 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL072008 1000 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...GUSTAV DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS....LOUISIANA...MISSOURI...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.8 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 94.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND ABOUT 105 MILES...170 KM...SOUTH OF FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. GUSTAV HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...5 KM/HR. THIS MOTION WILL CONTINUE WITH AN GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TODAY AND THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 25 MPH...40 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FORT SMITH ARKANSAS RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 40 MPH...64 KM/HR. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...LOUISIANA... BUNKIE 0.3 WSW 16.37 BASTROP 3.2 NNE 10.87 WEST MONROE 4.1 NW 10.44 MONROE 9.43 ALEXANDRIA 9.07 BATON ROUGE 4.63 FORT POLK 4.33 NEW ORLEANS NAS 3.10 SHREVEPORT (SHV) 2.23 BARKSDALE AFB 2.12 SHREVEPORT (DTN) 2.10 LAKE CHARLES 2.06 LAFAYETTE 1.99 ...MISSISSIPPI... VICKSBURG 2.2 NE 7.82 MCCOMB 7.42 HATTIESBURG 6.42 VICKSBURG (TVR) 5.03 PASCAGOULA 4.61 LAUREL 4.08 BILOXI/KEESLER AFB 4.05 GREENVILLE 2.45 HAWKINS FIELD 2.26 GULFPORT 1.83 JACKSON (JAN) 1.78 GREENWOOD 1.78 ...ARKANSAS... HOT SPRINGS 5.77 MONTICELLO 5.60 MOUNT IDA 4.74 TEXARKANA 3.80 EL DORADO 3.17 FLIPPIN 3.11 LITTLE ROCK AFB (LRF) 3.53 FORT SMITH 3.65 LITTLE ROCK (LIT) 2.88 STUTTGART 2.66 BATESVILLE 2.65 PINE BLUFF 2.83 FAYETTEVILLE 2.28 HARRISON 2.16 RUSSELLVILLE 1.83 ...MISSOURI... FORSYTH 1.9 SW 3.78 HOLLISTER 3.8 SW 2.05 WEST PLAINS 0.57 JOPLIN 0.46 SPRINGFIELD 0.40 ...OKLAHOMA... MCALESTER 1.16 MUSKOGEE 0.44 ...TEXAS... PARIS 0.98 LONGVIEW 0.77 LUFKIN 0.62 ...KANSAS... CHANUTE 1.27 ...FLORIDA... PENSACOLA NAS (NPA) 3.75 PENSACOLA (PNS) 2.09 DESTIN 2.08 MARATHON 2.04 KENDALL-TAMIAMI (TMB) 1.92 VALPARAISO/EGLIN AFB 1.69 HOMESTEAD 1.62 VERO BEACH 1.58 KEY WEST 1.46 ...ALABAMA... MOBILE BROOKLEY FIELD (BFM) 3.10 MOBILE (MOB) 2.22 RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS...MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH SATURDAY. REPEATING THE 1000 AM CDT POSITION...33.8 NORTH...94.3 WEST...MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...25 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON GUSTAV WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GUSTAV. BRENNAN FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 03/1500Z 33.7N 94.3W 12HR VT 04/0000Z 34.6N 93.7W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL 24HR VT 04/1200Z 37.3N 92.0W...EXTRATROPICAL 36HR VT 05/0000Z 40.7N 87.8W...EXTRATROPICAL 48HR VT 05/1200Z 44.3N 83.2W...EXTRATROPICAL