PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 37 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL072008
0400 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...GUSTAV MOVING SLOWLY INTO THE ARKLATEX REGION... 

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS EVENING.  

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND FAR
NORTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
OVER MOST OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI... ARKANSAS...FAR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 
 
AT 0400 PM CDT...21Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.0 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 93.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 35
MILES...56 KM...NORTH OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. 

THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8
MPH...13 KM/HR. 
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS
THE NORTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. 

SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 100 PM CDT


...ALABAMA...

SARALAND 1.4 E                       7.62  
TILLMANS CORNER 6.4 WNW              6.25  
FAIRHOPE 1.4 W                       6.04  
FOLEY 7.4 SW                         5.84  
MOBILE (BFM BROOKLEY FIELD)          3.10
MOBILE (MOB)                         2.22

...MISSISSIPPI...

HATTIESBURG CHAIN AIRPORT  (HBG)     6.35
JOURDAN RIVER NEAR BAY ST LOUIS      5.67  
MCCOMB                               5.68
COMITE RIVER NEAR CENTREVILLE        5.29
PASCAGOULA                           4.61
LEAF RIVER NEAR NEW AUGUSTA          4.44  
CARRIERE 3.2 SSW                     4.23  
BILOXI/KEESLER AFB                   4.04
VICKSBURG 2.2 NE                     3.86  
HATTIESBURG LAUREL (PIB)             3.77

...LOUISIANA...

LITTLE RIVER NEAR ROCHELLE           7.07  
BIG CREEK AT POLLOCK LA              6.91  
COMITE RIVER NEAR OLIVE BRANCH       6.75  
ALEXANDRIA                           5.36
LAFAYETTE  DATA MSG 21Z MON-00Z TUE  4.48 
MONROE (MLU)                         4.22
FORT POLK                            3.35  
MONROE 2.4 WNW                       3.34  
BATON ROUGE DATA MSG 13-18Z TUE      2.67
NEW ORLEANS NAS                      2.54

...FLORIDA...

HAINES CITY 3.3 SSW                  3.42  
POLK CITY 1.1 S                      3.05       
PENSACOLA NAS                        3.05
DESTIN                               2.08
MARATHON                             2.04

STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FIVE TO TEN INCHES WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM OF FIFTEEN INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...AND MISSISSIPPI.  FOUR TO SIX INCHES WITH A
MAXIMUM OF EIGHT INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF MISSOURI AND
WEST CENTRAL TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE OVER FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

REPEATING THE 0400 PM CDT POSITION...33.0 NORTH...93.9
WEST...MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS...20 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON GUSTAV WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

FORECASTER PETERSEN

FORECAST POSITIONS

INITIAL 02/2100Z 33.0N 93.9W
12HR VT 03/0600Z 33.4N 94.1W 
24HR VT 03/1800Z 33.8N 94.0W
36HR VT 04/0600Z 34.7N 93.3W 
48HR VT 04/1800Z 36.8N 92.2W
72HR VT 05/1800Z DISSIPATED