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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
400 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...DANGEROUS HEAT FOR MID TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...

.THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL BRING
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. AFTERNOON
HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 90S FOR MOST AREAS...AND HEAT
INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE 103 TO 107 RANGE EACH
AFTERNOON.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AS WELL...SO THIS ADVISORY
MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...BRINING SOME RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT. UNFORTUNATELY...THE HEAT IS EXPECT TO BUILD AGAIN BY NEXT
WEEKEND...WITH MORE HEAT ADVISORIES POSSIBLE.

TNZ005>009-023>030-056>064-075-077-093>095-181700-
/O.NEW.KOHX.HT.Y.0002.150718T1700Z-150720T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY-HICKMAN-
LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
400 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS WILL REACH THE MID 90S FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE. THE HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 103 TO 107 DURING
  THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIMES WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY AND SUNDAY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY
  CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS WELL...AND THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE
  EXTENDED.

* IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IF
  PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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 FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

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.

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