Heat Advisory for Jackson Purchase

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1245 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

ILZ075-080>082-084>086-088>090-092>094-KYZ001>009-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-261500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.HT.Y.0003.090626T1600Z-090628T0200Z/
JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-
UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-
CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-
PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...PINCKNEYVILLE...
WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...
HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...
SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1245 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
SATURDAY.

A STRONG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SINK AND
COMPRESSIONALLY HEAT THE AIR INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND
SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY. THE RESULT WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY
HOT...HUMID...STAGNANT AIR MASS THAT WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 FOR BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY.

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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