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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
309 AM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
TXZ173-191>194-204>209-219>225-150000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.HT.Y.0013.190814T1700Z-190815T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-
CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-
LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GEORGETOWN, SAN MARCOS, AUSTIN, BASTROP,
GIDDINGS, HONDO, SAN ANTONIO, NEW BRAUNFELS, SEGUIN, LOCKHART,
LA GRANGE, PEARSALL, PLEASANTON, FLORESVILLE, KARNES CITY,
GONZALES, CUERO, AND HALLETSVILLE
309 AM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
HEAT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.
* TEMPERATURE...108 TO 110 DEGREES WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS UP TO
112 DEGREES.
* TIMING...AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS...WITHOUT PROPER PRECAUTIONS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY
CAUSE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES, INCLUDING HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE, DURING OUTDOOR EXERTION OR EXTENDED EXPOSURE.
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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