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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1204 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF MID TENNESSEE...

.HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX
LEVELS OVER PARTS OF THE MID STATE. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS
OPPRESSIVE TODAY...BUT SOME SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE
MID STATE WILL HAVE HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 105 AGAIN.

TNZ022-024-056>058-060-061-075-077-093>095-041315-
/O.CON.KOHX.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
BENTON-HUMPHREYS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-MAURY-MARSHALL-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...WAVERLY...LOBELVILLE...
CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1204 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

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

* EVENT...HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 105 TO 110 ON THURSDAY.

* 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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JLM



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