Event: Heat Advisory Alert: ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HEAT INDEX READINGS...105 TO 108 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. Instructions: EACH YEAR...A NUMBER OF FATALITIES OCCUR NATIONWIDE DUE TO CHILDREN ACCIDENTALLY BEING LEFT IN VEHICLES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. IN THE PAST DOZEN YEARS...580 CHILDREN HAVE DIED DUE TO HYPERTHERMIA AFTER BEING LEFT IN OR GAINING ACCESS TO CARS. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE NOT EVEN FOR A MINUTE. REMEMBER...BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT. 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. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. Target Area: Calhoun Chickasaw Coahoma De Soto Itawamba Lafayette Lee Marshall Monroe Panola Pontotoc Quitman Tallahatchie Tate Tunica Yalobusha Issued by The NWS office in Memphis,Tennessee
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:29:30 +0000
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