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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
255 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MOST OF THE MID STATE UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...

...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE
PRODUCING HOT TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND.
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 103 WILL BE COMMON.
THE COMBINATION OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL
PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. IN
ADDITION, OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP ONLY INTO THE MID 70'S, WITH
LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE MUGGY AIR UNTIL COOLER TEMPERATURES BEGIN
ARRIVING ON SUNDAY.

TNZ005>009-022>030-056>062-075-093>095-060900-
/O.EXT.KOHX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120708T0800Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-
LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
255 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 103
  DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT
  STROKE ARE A REAL THREAT. DEHYDRATION CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. THE
  HEAT WILL ALSO CAUSE DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO SLOWLY WORSEN...AND
  RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE DANGER.

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 911.

&&

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ROSE



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