Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
439 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2010

...DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK...

.THE HOTTEST AIR OF THE SUMMER WILL SPREAD INTO THE MIDSOUTH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE HOT TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED AND DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL PEAK AT LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 110 DEGREES ACROSS ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FAIL TO DROP BELOW 80 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME HEAT STRESS ON THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO STAY COOL.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT MONDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 110 AND 113 DEGREES TODAY AND AGAIN MONDAY.

* THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM CDT AND 9 PM CDT TODAY AND AGAIN MONDAY.

* HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 110 DEGREES OR GREATER CAN BE DEADLY IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. YOUNG CHILDREN... ELDERLY PEOPLE... AND THOSE WITH ILLNESSES OR HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST AT RISK.

* EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS OR HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER MAY OCCUR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. IN ADDITION... OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL LIKELY NOT DROP BELOW THE LOWER 80S ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO STAY COOL DURING THIS DANGEROUS AND PROLONGED HEAT WAVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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