URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
239 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
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...DOME OF SUMMER HEAT BUILDING INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND...
.A HOT DOME OF HIGHER PRESSURES WAS BUILDING INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM THE WEST GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND. A
STEADY SOUTHWEST BREEZE DURING THE OVERNIGHTS WILL HOLD UP
THE NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES AS WELL OFFERING MINIMAL RECOVERY.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEXES WILL BE TOPPING OUT BETWEEN 105 AND 107
DEGREES OVER THE WEEKEND FROM ABOUT 1100 AM TO 600 PM GENERALLY WEST
OF A GREENWOOD TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI LINE.
* TEMPERATURE: HIGHS EACH DAY WILL BE IN THE 98 TO 101 DEGREE RANGE
WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY RECOVER BRIEFLY TO BETWEEN 74 AND 78
DEGREES EACH MORNING AS SOUTHWEST BREEZES PERSIST EACH NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: THE SHORT NIGHT TIME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL INCREASE
HEAT STRESS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RESIDENTS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HOTTEST PARTS OF
THE DAY AS HEAT STRESS REACHES A PEAK. KNOW YOUR PHYSICAL LIMITS.
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.
EACH YEAR...A NUMBER OF FATALITIES OCCUR NATIONWIDE DUE TO
CHILDREN ACCIDENTALLY BEING LEFT IN VEHICLES DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS. IN THE PAST DOZEN YEARS...450 CHILDREN HAVE DIED DUE TO
HYPERTHERMIA AFTER BEING LEFT IN OR GAINING ACCESS TO CARS. NEVER
LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE NOT EVEN FOR A
MINUTE. REMEMBER...BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED
LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.
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