PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 43 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL072008 400 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2008 ...GUSTAV DEPARTING THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...MISSISSIPPI...EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSOURI. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS. FOR MORE STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. AT 400 AM CDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.6 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 93.2 WEST...OR 80 MILES...129 KM...NORTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS AND 110 MILES...177 KM...SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. GUSTAV IS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH. THIS GENERAL NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AND GUSTAV SHOULD PICK UP IN FORWARD SPEED AS IT ARRIVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL THURSDAY AS IT INTERACTS AND BECOMES ABSORBED WITH A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. ...LOUISIANA... LARTO LAKE 19.00 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) JONESVILLE 7 SW 17.70 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) WINNSBORO 5 SSE 16.51 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) BUNKIE 0.3 WSW 16.37 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) CLAYTON 4 NNW 14.54 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) RED RIVER LOCK AND DAM 13.50 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) RAYVILLE 12.13 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) BASTROP 3.2 NNE 10.87 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) WEST MONROE 4.1 NW 10.44 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) ALEXANDRIA 9.50 MONROE 9.43 BATON ROUGE 4.81 FORT POLK 4.33 LAFAYETTE 3.50 NEW ORLEANS NAS 3.10 LAKE CHARLES 2.45 SHREVEPORT 2.28 BARKSDALE AFB 2.18 SHREVEPORT (DTN) 2.18 SLIDELL 1.19 ...MISSISSIPPI... BUDE (HOMOCHITTO NATIONAL FOREST) 11.53 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) GREENVILLE 11.09 VICKSBURG 2.2 NE 8.94 (THROUGH WED 12 PM CDT) VICKSBURG 8.21 MCCOMB 7.52 HATTIESBURG 6.42 PASCAGOULA 4.61 BILOXI/KEESLER AFB 4.10 LAUREL 4.08 GREENWOOD 1.99 JACKSON (JAN) 1.87 GULFPORT 1.83 ...ARKANSAS... HAMBURG 11.25 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) LITTLE ROCK AFB 10.82 CROSSETT 2 SSE 10.10 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) HAMPTON 9.80 (THROUGH WED 11 AM CDT) HOT SPRINGS (WHITTINGTON CREEK) 8.96 (THROUGH WED 11 AM CDT) HOT SPRINGS 8.14 MONTICELLO 7.37 LITTLE ROCK (LIT) 6.40 MOUNT IDA 6.38 STUTTGART 5.86 FORT SMITH 5.69 TEXARKANA 5.08 FAYETTEVILLE 4.58 PINE BLUFF 4.49 FLIPPIN 4.20 SEARCY 3.91 HARRISON 3.84 SPRINGDALE 3.81 EL DORADO 3.54 SILOAM SPRINGS 3.48 BATESVILLE 2.99 RUSSELLVILLE 2.65 JONESBORO 1.54 ...MISSOURI... FORSYTH 1.9 SW 3.78 (THROUGH WED 7 AM CDT) WEST PLAINS 2.95 SPRINGFIELD 2.88 JOPLIN 2.81 FORNEY AAF 2.58 SEDALIA 2.27 KAISER/LAKE OZARK 1.48 JEFFERSON CITY 1.45 ROLLA 1.33 POPLAR BLUFF 1.19 COLUMBIA 1.12 ...OKLAHOMA... MUSKOGEE 2.03 MCALESTER 1.70 ...TEXAS... PARIS 1.07 LONGVIEW 0.88 ...KANSAS... CHANUTE 1.64 ...ILLINOIS... QUINCY 1.49 ...TENNESSEE... MEMPHIS (MEM) 0.90 ...FLORIDA... PENSACOLA NAS (NPA) 4.12 PENSACOLA (PNS) 2.14 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) 2.26 RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MISSOURI NORTHEASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND MUCH OF MICHIGAN WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA THROUGH THURSDAY. REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...35.6 NORTH...93.2 WEST...MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...15 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON GUSTAV WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GUSTAV. MUSHER FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 04/0900Z 35.6N 93.2W 12HR VT 04/1800Z 38.3N 90.0W...EXTRATROPICAL 24HR VT 05/0600Z 42.5N 85.0W...EXTRATROPICAL