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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
456 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

...A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOT TEMPERATURES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 100
AND 103 WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE COMBINATION OF TRIPLE
DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES
AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>065-075-077-078-093>095-071000-
/O.CON.KOHX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120708T0500Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
456 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY
NIGHT...

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 103
  DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT
  STROKE ARE A REAL THREAT. DEHYDRATION CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. THE
  HEAT WILL ALSO CAUSE DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO SLOWLY WORSEN...AND
  RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE DANGER.

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 911.

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