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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1012 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.DANGEROUS LEVELS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR WEST OF
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY 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 BETWEEN 105 TO 110
DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TNZ005>008-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-032315-
/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
1012 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACT...THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT WILL BE CHILDREN...
  THE DISABLED...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS.
  HEAT EXHAUSTION...HEAT CRAMPS...AND EVEN HEAT STROKE ARE ALL
  POSSIBLE WITH 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. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTED CLOTHING AND DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER. TAKE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADE 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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