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NPWSHV
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
357 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2019
...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE
REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...
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TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-180000-
/O.CON.KSHV.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-190718T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DE QUEEN, NASHVILLE, MINERAL SPRINGS,
DIERKS, ASHDOWN, HOPE, PRESCOTT, TEXARKANA, STAMPS, LEWISVILLE,
BRADLEY, MAGNOLIA, EL DORADO, SHREVEPORT, BOSSIER CITY, MINDEN,
SPRINGHILL, HOMER, HAYNESVILLE, RUSTON, FARMERVILLE, BERNICE,
MANSFIELD, STONEWALL, LOGANSPORT, COUSHATTA, MARTIN, ARCADIA,
RINGGOLD, GIBSLAND, JONESBORO, MONROE, MANY, ZWOLLE,
PLEASANT HILL, NATCHITOCHES, WINNFIELD, COLFAX, MONTGOMERY,
DRY PRONG, CLARKS, GRAYSON, COLUMBIA, JENA, MIDWAY, OLLA, IDABEL,
BROKEN BOW, CLARKSVILLE, BOGATA, MOUNT VERNON, MOUNT PLEASANT,
PITTSBURG, DAINGERFIELD, LONE STAR, NAPLES, OMAHA, ATLANTA,
LINDEN, HUGHES SPRINGS, QUEEN CITY, MINEOLA, WINNSBORO, QUITMAN,
HAWKINS, GILMER, BIG SANDY, JEFFERSON, TYLER, LONGVIEW, MARSHALL,
JACKSONVILLE, RUSK, HENDERSON, CARTHAGE, NACOGDOCHES, CENTER,
LUFKIN, SAN AUGUSTINE, HEMPHILL, AND PINELAND
357 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2019
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* EVENT...WHEN COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S,
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 105 TO NEAR 108
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE FOUR STATE REGION.
* TIMING...VALID 10 AM THROUGH 7 PM TODAY.
* IMPACT...HIGH HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.
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 FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
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.
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.
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