URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 417 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAT HAS BEEN BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO AND WILL PEAK THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN GENERALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S MEAN THE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WILL EXTEND WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS CREATING A HAZARD FOR ANYONE PERFORMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. TXZ051>053-058>063-067-068-062130- /O.CON.KMAF.HT.Y.0001.130806T1200Z-130808T1200Z/ MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND... GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE 417 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...EXTENDED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. * TIMING...TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND DEHYDRATION. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS 105 TO 107. LOWS 75 TO 78. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911.
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