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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
320 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

...DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL AFFLICT MOST OF THE
MID STATE TODAY AND TUESDAY...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOCUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY OVER MID
TENNESSEE AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL SEND HEAT INDEX VALUES
INTO THE 105 TO 113 RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID STATE. THESE
CONDITIONS REPRESENT A DIRECT THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING
OF AREA RESIDENTS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

TNZ005-006-022>024-112100-
/O.CON.KOHX.EH.W.0001.110711T1700Z-110713T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY
320 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

* EVENT...HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 110 DEGREES OR
  MORE OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE AFTERNOON ON
  MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO RELIEF FROM THE
  HEAT AT NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DROPPING TO THE MID TO
  UPPER 70S.

* TIMING...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS
  FROM 110 TO 113 DEGREES EACH DAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE HEAT
  IS EXPECTED TO EASE BY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACT...THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION WILL BE
  CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS. HEAT
  EXHAUSTION...HEAT CRAMPS AND HEAT STROKE ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO
  PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU MUST WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE.
WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTED CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TAKE 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 AN
EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

TNZ007>010-025>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-112100-
/O.CON.KOHX.HT.Y.0001.110711T1700Z-110713T0000Z/
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-
TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-
MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...
CELINA...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...
CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...
LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
320 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

* EVENT...HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 TO 110
  DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR MOST OF
  THE MID STATE. THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
  AT NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DROPPING TO THE MID 70S.

* TIMING...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS
  FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES EACH DAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE HEAT
  IS EXPECTED TO EASE BY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACT...THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT WILL BE CHILDREN...
  THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS. HEAT
  EXHAUSTION... HEAT CRAMPS AND HEAT STROKE ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO
  PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU MUST WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE.
WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTED CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TAKE 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 AN
EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

&&

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