US NHC warns Gordon could worsen over next weekend

Tropical Depression Gordon continues to drift through central Arkansas and is expected to become an extratropical system over the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on Friday.

The depression is about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Little Rock, Arkansas with maximum sustained winds of 10 miles per hour (20 kilometers/hour), it said, adding a gradual increase in winds is expected.