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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
344 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

.DANGEROUS LEVELS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR OVER
LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU FROM NOON
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL
BE AROUND 100 DEGREES WEST OF THE PLATEAU...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.

TNZ005>008-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-031700-
/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
344 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

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

* TIMING...NOON TODAY 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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