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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1209 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2025
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115-
116-135>137-220000-
/O.CON.KCAE.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250722T0000Z/
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-
NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-
LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG-NORTHERN
LANCASTER-SOUTHERN LANCASTER-NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG-CENTRAL
ORANGEBURG-SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AIKEN, EDGEFIELD, MANNING, RED BANK,
HOLLY HILL, CLARKS HILL, COLUMBIA, CHERAW, SPRINGFIELD, CAMDEN,
BOWMAN, WEST COLUMBIA, BLACKVILLE, ELGIN, VAN WYCK, BRANCHVILLE,
DENMARK, EVANS, BARNWELL, WINNSBORO MILLS, ANDREW JACKSON STATE
PARK, MURPHYS ESTATES, NEESES, ELLOREE, RIDGE SPRING,
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, SANTEE, SALUDA, WINNSBORO, NEWBERRY,
MCCORMICK, WAYNESBORO, CAYCE, SUMTER, ST. MATTHEWS, SEVEN OAKS,
BROOKDALE, SPRINGDALE, AUGUSTA, LEXINGTON, LUGOFF, PAGELAND,
WILLISTON, LANCASTER MILL, COMMUNITY OF ALMOND GLEN, NORTH,
ORANGEBURG, OAK GROVE, JOHNSTON, LANCASTER, MARTINEZ, THOMSON,
SUMMERTON, INDIAN LAND, EUTAWVILLE, CAROLINA COMMONS SHOPPING
CENTER, NORTH AUGUSTA, BISHOPVILLE, LINCOLNTON, AND BAMBERG
1209 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2025
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
TO REDUCE 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 AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
CAL
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