Heat Advisory For West KY(Wed. and Thurs.)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MAINLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION...BRINGING
HOT AND HUMID AIR TO THE REGION. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT
INDEX VALUES FOR RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS ALIKE.

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-140930-
/O.NEW.KPAH.HT.Y.0004.100714T1800Z-100716T0100Z/
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-CARTER-
RIPLEY-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...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
332 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT
THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION.

* ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...HEAT INDEX VALUES
 WILL MEET OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST
 MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST
 KENTUCKY...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM INTERSTATE 57 AND 24.
 ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105
 DEGREES OR HIGHER WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
 ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST
 KENTUCKY. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE FROM 1 PM TO 8
 PM CDT EACH DAY.

* WITH LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT WIND EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO
 DAYS...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD QUICKLY DURING THE
 AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD DANGEROUS
 CONDITIONS FOR THOSE PERSONS THAT MUST BE OUTDOORS. INDIVIDUALS
 SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP FROM GETTING OVERHEATED
 AND REMAIN HYDRATED. FOR HEAT SAFETY TIPS...PLEASE REFER TO THE
 LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
 WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

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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