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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
319 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2018
TXZ171>173-190>194-205>209-219>225-240000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.HT.Y.0005.180823T1800Z-180824T0000Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-
COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-
GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LLANO, BURNET, GEORGETOWN, BLANCO,
SAN MARCOS, AUSTIN, BASTROP, GIDDINGS, SAN ANTONIO,
NEW BRAUNFELS, SEGUIN, LOCKHART, LA GRANGE, PEARSALL, PLEASANTON,
FLORESVILLE, KARNES CITY, GONZALES, CUERO, AND HALLETSVILLE
319 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2018
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
HEAT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* TEMPERATURE...101 TO 105 WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM
103 TO 110 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT
RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WINDS
WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT, WHICH COULD EXACERBATE THE EFFECTS OF THE
HEAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
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