Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Heat Advisory In Effect For Oklahoma

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
252 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HOT AND DRY AIR WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT THE SAME
TIME...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AT THE SURFACE...DRAWING UP
INCREASING HUMIDITY FROM THE GULF...AND KEEPING TEMPERATURES IN
THE MIDDLE 70S OVERNIGHT.
OKZ005>008-010>013-017>020-023>032-037>048-050>052-TXZ085-086-
088>090-240400-
/O.NEW.KOUN.HT.Y.0001.080723T2100Z-080727T0200Z/
WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-
KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-
MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-
STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-
JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA-BAYLOR-
ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...WATONGA...
KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...
MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...
NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...FREDERICK...
LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE...
WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...
MADILL...DURANT...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...SEYMOUR...
ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
252 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SATURDAY.

THROUGH SATURDAY...AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT IN THE
UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S. INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES
TO AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
FALLING ONLY INTO THE MIDDLE 70S OVERNIGHT. THE DURATION OF THE
CURRENT HEAT WAVE...COMBINED WITH GREATER HUMIDITY...WILL INCREASE
THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. IF THE WEATHER PATTERN DOES
NOT CHANGE...THE HEAT ADVISORY COULD BE EXTENDED IN TIME.

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WARM NIGHTS AND VERY HOT DAYS WILL
INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS...WITH THE EFFECTS
GROWING EACH DAY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOMS...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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