Heat Advisory

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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JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-GIBSON-PIKE-
POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...
POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MARION...
EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...
GREENVILLE...ELKTON
308 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...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 THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 AND WEDNESDAY
 AFTERNOON ARE FORECAST TO REACH NEAR 110 DEGREES. 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.

&&

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 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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