FLUS44 KMEG 280936 HWOMEG HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 436 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-291145- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 436 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AND ALLOW FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. EARLY NEXT WEEK...TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND APPROACH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES AS POSSIBLY A STRONG HURRICANE. THERE MAY BE SOME ADVERSE WEATHER IN ASSOCIATION WITH GUSTAV ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND INTENSITY OF GUSTAV. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS CONCERNING POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM GUSTAV. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. $$ JLH