Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
308 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010

...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY...

.A LARGE UPPER HIGH IS DEVELOPING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION FOR
THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. THE RIDGE WILL SPREAD A DOME OF HOT
AIR ACROSS THE AREA. COUPLED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY LEVELS DURING
THE DAY...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

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PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-
JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-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...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...
CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...
VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...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
308 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARE FORECAST TO
 RANGE FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MAXIMUM
 HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD AGAIN REACH 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER.
 TUESDAY NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE 80S MUCH OF
 THE NIGHT.

* NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR WHAT WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST
 CONDITIONS WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR THIS SUMMER. HEAT OF THIS
 MAGNITUDE CAN RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES VERY QUICKLY.

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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