[BNAWX] Non-Precipitation Warnings, Watches, Advisories

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
121 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005

TNZ005>008-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-260300-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-GILES-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-ROBERTSON-
RUTHERFORD-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND CITY...CAMDEN...CENTERVILLE...
CLARKSVILLE...COLUMBIA...DICKSON...DOVER...ERIN...FRANKLIN...
GALLATIN...HARTSVILLE...HOHENWALD...LAWRENCEBURG...LEBANON...
LEWISBURG...LINDEN...MURFREESBORO...NASHVILLE...PULASKI...
SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...WAVERLY...WAYNESBORO
121 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE IS CONTINUING THE
HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
THE HEAT ADVISORY IS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

A WARM UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...AND AT MID-AFTERNOON WAS CENTERED OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF TENNESSEE.

AS A RESULT...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OF RECENT DAYS...WILL
INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE
HOTTEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS SUMMER...MID AND UPPER 90S...ARE
FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY...ACROSS THE WESTERN
TWO THIRDS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH
HUMIDITIES WILL GIVE HEAT INDICES IN THE RANGE OF 103 TO 108 BOTH
THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY...WITH MINIMUM NIGHTTIME HEAT
INDICES AROUND 80.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 105
DEGREES OR GREATER DURING THE DAY...AND 80 DEGREES OR GREATER AT
NIGHT.

PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE ADVISED TO AVOID PROLONGED WORK
IN THE SUN...OR IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. ALSO...KEEP PLENTY OF
WATER ON HAND...AND TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING.

CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY
THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS OR...
IN EXTREME CASES...HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
THESE CONDITIONS.  FRIENDS...RELATIVES...OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD
CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

ALSO...NEVER LEAVE PETS AND CHILDREN IN A HOT VEHICLE FOR EVEN A
MINUTE...AS TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY SOAR TO DEADLY HEIGHTS.

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