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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
910 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE POSITIONED
OVER THE MID STATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...DANGEROUS LEVELS OF
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR OVER LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST
OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION FROM NOON ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL
BE AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON THURSDAY.
THIS HEAT COMBINED WITH ELEVATED HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALLOW HEAT
INDEX READINGS TO RISE TO BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON BOTH DAYS.

TNZ005>008-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-031200-
/O.CON.KOHX.HT.Y.0003.110803T1700Z-110805T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...LOBELVILLE...
CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...
LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
910 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

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

* EVENT...HEAT INDEX READING BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES.

* TIMING...NOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACT...THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT WILL BE CHILDREN...
  THE DISABLED...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ALIMENTS.
  HEAT EXHAUSTION...HEAT CRAMPS...AND EVEN HEAT STROKE ARE ALL
  POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT.

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 FITTED CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE
AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE THE 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 A EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

&&

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