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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...A HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOON IS IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

.TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED WELL INTO THE 90S TODAY. HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE ALSO RATHER HIGH. THIS COMBINATION OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY HAS ALREADY PUSHED HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 105
DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN QUARTER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

TNZ005-006-023>025-056>058-093-094-060000-
/O.CON.KOHX.HT.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160806T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...ERIN...WAVERLY...
DICKSON...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG
316 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE REACH THE MID 90S. THE
  COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES
  OF 105 TO 108 FOR MANY LOCATIONS WEST OF I-65..

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE OUTSIDE MAY CAUSE HEAT RELATED
  ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH
HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AIR-
CONDITIONED SPACES WHEN POSSIBLE...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND
CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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 FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

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