Heat Advisory for West KY

Updated Confidence Level map for tomorrow is coming.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
406 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING UP FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WILL KEEP WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION ON
FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS FOR THOSE
LIVING AND TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY...

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100-109>112-114-190515-
/O.NEW.KPAH.HT.Y.0001.090619T1700Z-090620T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
406 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY.

THE HEAT ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN
KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS
INCLUDES SUCH CITIES AS...EVANSVILLE INDIANA...OWENSBORO AND
PADUCAH KENTUCKY...CAPE GIRARDEAU AND NEW MADRID MISSOURI...AS
WELL AS CARBONDALE AND MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS.

THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE POOLING ACROSS THE REGION UNDER STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS...SUNSHINE AND WARM TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE
HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

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.

IN THE COUNTY WARNING AREA SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY...A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE HEAT INDEX VALUE IS
EXPECTED TO MEET OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES. THIS THRESHOLD MAY BE
LOWERED DURING THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SEASON.

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SMITH