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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
116 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2024
TXZ046>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-274>282-040100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HT.Y.0024.240703T1800Z-240704T0100Z/
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-LOVING-
WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-
REEVES COUNTY PLAINS-CHINATI MOUNTAINS-MARFA PLATEAU-DAVIS
MOUNTAINS-DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY-
CHISOS BASIN-PRESIDIO VALLEY-LOWER BREWSTER COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MONAHANS, ANDREWS, MARFA, FORT STOCKTON,
SNYDER, GAIL, MIDLAND, ALPINE, ODESSA, PRESIDIO, KERMIT, MENTONE,
RANKIN, LAMESA, LAJITAS, CHISOS BASIN, MCCAMEY, PECOS, FORT
DAVIS, COLORADO CITY, CASTOLON, CRANE, MARATHON, GARDEN CITY,
PANTHER JUNCTION, BIG SPRING, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, BIG LAKE,
AND STANTON
116 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2024
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 100 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS,
TEMPERATURES NEAR 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE PLAINS, AND TEMPERATURES
OVER 110 DEGREES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXTREME HEAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WORKING OR
PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK! DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN
UNATTENDED VEHICLES FOR EVEN A MOMENT. CAR INTERIORS WILL VERY
QUICKLY REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES.
DEVIN CHEHAK
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