URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 331 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... .TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RANGE FROM 102 TO 106 DEGREES... RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 107 DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEAT RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS. TXZ098-099-113-114-080100- /O.CON.KSJT.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130808T0100Z/ HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON... STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...ALBANY 331 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR HASKELL...JONES...SHACKELFORD...AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND DEHYDRATION. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 106 DEGREES... RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 107 DEGREES. * TIMING: THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. 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 SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. 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 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.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:43:20 +0000
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