Excessive Heat Warning continues for Tulsa. Now in effect until 10pm on Friday.

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URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
345 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

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CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL-LE FLORE-
345 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FRIDAY…

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT…

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…

 * IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
   WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…OTTAWA…
   WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…PAWNEE…SEQUOYAH…
   MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE AND HASKELL.

   IN ARKANSAS…CRAWFORD…SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
 * AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREES
   RANGE EACH AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 75 TO 80
   WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

IMPACTS…
  * SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION INCLUDE…HEAVY
    SWEATING…PALENESS…COLD/CLAMMY SKIN…MUSCLE
    CRAMPS…IRRITABILITY…TIREDNESS OR DIZZINESS…HEADACHE OR A
    “SICK STOMACH” FEELING OR VOMITING.

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.

 * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
   FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
   ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

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