Another one of those Heat Warning things

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
319 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010

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100-107>112-114-101000-
/O.UPG.KPAH.HT.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100813T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPAH.EH.W.0002.100809T2019Z-100813T0100Z/
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
319 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE
HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY
 WILL LIKELY EXCEED 105 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE...AND
 MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXCEED 110 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY OVER
 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND THE PURCHASE AREA
 OF WEST KENTUCKY. NIGHTTIME MINIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE IN
 THE MID 70S. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
 POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS WELL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
 ADDED CLOUD COVER...AND BRING TEMPORARY RELIEF TO SOME AREAS.

* PERSISTENT HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
 DAYS CAN BECOME INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS TO MOST PEOPLE IF THE
 PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE
 ELDERLY...THOSE WITH ILLNESSES OR HEART CONDITIONS...AND THOSE
 WHO WORK OR PARTICIPATE IN RECREATION OUTDOORS ARE MOST AT RISK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR
HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPEATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACK SEAT.

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DRS