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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
314 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER
90S TODAY AND MID 90S ON FRIDAY. THE HEAT COMBINED WITH ELEVATED
HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX READINGS TO RISE TO AROUND
105 DEGREES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

TNZ005>010-022>031-056>062-075-093>095-212130-
/O.EXT.KOHX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
314 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

* TIMING...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
  HOURS EACH DAY.

* 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 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 9 1 1.

&&

$$

JLM





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