URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2012
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SEBASTIAN-TULSA-
405 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2012
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AND A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…TULSA. IN ARKANSAS…SEBASTIAN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE AREA OVER THENEXT FEW DAYS…AND PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 105DURING THE AFTERNOONS. MORE WIND AT NIGHT WILL ALSO KEEPDOWNTOWN AREAS WARMER…WITH LOWS ONLY DROPPING TO BETWEEN 75AND 80 BY MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILLCOMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSESARE POSSIBLE.
DEFINITION…
* AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOTTEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHENPOSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OREVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEATSTROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHENPOSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
* TO REDUCE RISK DURING
OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONRECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIRCONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BEMOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS ANEMERGENCY…CALL 911.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISIONFOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.