The National Weather Service says:
HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY AND CONTINUE ON A NORTHWEST TRACK THROUGH WESTERN LOUISIANA AND INTO EAST TEXAS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF GUSTAV TAKES ITS REMNANTS THROUGH EAST TEXAS FROM TOLEDO BEND LAKE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO NORTHWEST OF PALESTINE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS AS GUSTAV ARRIVES AND AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY COULD AVERAGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR TO OVER FOUR INCHES FROM ATHENS NORTHWARD INTO THE PARIS AREA. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED RAIN SWATH WITH TOTALS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES FROM PARIS SOUTH TO CANTON.
AS FOR WINDS...THEY WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND INCREASE AS GUSTAV APPROACHES. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV LINGER OVER THE REGION.
STAY TURN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON GUSTAV AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEK.
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