Watches Warnings Advisories
Heat Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
336 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
...HOTTEST AIR OF THE SUMMER TO SPREAD INTO THE MIDSOUTH FROM THE
WEST MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...
.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL BUILD INTO THE
MIDSOUTH FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND...AND REMAIN SITUATED OVER
THE REGION INTO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE A LITTLE EACH DAY PEAKING NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL NOT DROP BELOW 80 DEGREES ACROSS PARTS OF THE
REGION. PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR THIS EXTENDED HEAT
WAVE. MAKE SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STAY COOL.
HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES
TODAY AND SUNDAY. BY MONDAY...IF NOT SOONER...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL REACH 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER ACROSS PARTS
OF THE AREA MAKING EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS NECESSARY.
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OBION-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...
OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...COVINGTON...JACKSON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
BOLIVAR
336 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY.
* MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 105 AND 109
DEGREES TODAY AND SUNDAY.
* THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8
PM CDT TODAY AND SUNDAY.
* HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 DEGREES OR GREATER CAN BE DANGEROUS
IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. YOUNG CHILDREN...
ELDERLY PEOPLE...AND THOSE WITH ILLNESSES OR HEART CONDITIONS
ARE MOST AT RISK.
* HEAT ADVISORIES OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS WILL LIKELY NEED TO
BE EXTENDED ACROSS ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
HEAT INDEX READINGS MAY INCREASE TO 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL LIKELY NOT
DROP BELOW 80 DEGREES ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. PROPER
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO STAY COOL DURING THIS EXTENDED
HEAT WAVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. 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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