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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ010-011-019-104-290000-
/O.CON.KGSP.HT.Y.0007.260728T1600Z-260729T0000Z/
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
GREATER OCONEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANDERSON, RUCKERSVILLE, LAVONIA, FRANKLIN
SPRINGS, WARE SHOALS, MIDDLETON, TOCCOA, SENECA, CANON, ABBEVILLE,
WESTMINSTER, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, BOYDVILLE, OAKWAY, REED CREEK,
CALHOUN FALLS, ROYSTON, GUMLOG, FORTSONIA, ELBERTON, HARTWELL, AND
WALHALLA
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...IN GEORGIA, ELBERT, FRANKLIN, HART, AND STEPHENS COUNTIES.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE, ANDERSON, GREATER OCONEE, AND
GREENWOOD COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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