URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE- HEAT ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1248 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- HENDERSON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-MCLENNAN- FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER... SULPHUR SPRINGS...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL... KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN... EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD... WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE... JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN... CALVERT 1248 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 AND HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 106. * IMPACTS...MAX HEAT INDEX VALUES ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 107 AND MAX HEAT INDEX VALUES ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 106 TO 110. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE TO CHECK ON PERSONS WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THE ELDERLY...AS THEY ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. NEVER LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN OR PETS IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE...EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME...AS TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS. 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.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:51:14 +0000
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