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WWUS71 KAKQ 180631
NPWAKQ
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
231 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
MDZ021-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ064-075>090-092-097-098-511>525-
528>531-190000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.HT.Y.0011.260718T1500Z-260719T0000Z/
DORCHESTER-NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN
CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-EASTERN CURRITUCK-CAROLINE-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE (INCLUDING HOPEWELL AND PETERSBURG)-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-EASTERN
CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)-WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING
THE CITY OF RICHMOND)-EASTERN HENRICO-WESTERN KING WILLIAM-
EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN KING AND
QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH-
231 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MARYLAND, NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA,
AND CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, EASTERN, NORTH CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL,
AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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.
PEGRAM
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