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Thursday, July 19, 2012

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
343 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN ARKANSAS...

.THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HUMIDITY AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES THROUGH FRIDAY OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

ARZ032-042-043-052>056-062>069-191645-
/O.CON.KLZK.HT.Y.0003.120719T1200Z-120721T0000Z/
BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-
GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-OUACHITA-PIKE-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...BENTON...BRYANT...
CAMDEN...CONWAY...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GLENWOOD...GOULD...HAMPTON...
HOT SPRINGS...MALVERN...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...MURFREESBORO...
PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WARREN
343 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT FRIDAY...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT FRIDAY.

* EVENT...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO
  NEAR 110 DEGREES THROUGH FRIDAY.

* TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS BY MID
  DAY...PEAKING DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THOUGH
  READINGS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET...HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN
  HIGH...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN MANY PLACES COULD STAY IN THE 75 TO
  80 DEGREE RANGE.

* IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
  WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

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.

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