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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 232 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND... .HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND LAST AT LEAST INTO SUNDAY AS AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE TRIPLE DIGIT MARK...IN ADDITION TO INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND HUMIDITY...WILL COMBINE TO CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND. FLZ007-009-011-016-017-GAZ155>161-010930- /O.EXT.KTAE.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120702T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON-GADSDEN-LEON-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY- THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...HUDSON...BONIFAY... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 232 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 /132 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 98 TO 102 THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS 72 TO 75 OVERNIGHT. HIGHS 97 TO 100 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HEAT INDEX...PEAKING AT 108 TO 112 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM VALUES OF 107 TO 109 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAT CAN HAVE A CUMULATIVE EFFECT...SO THE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 108 AND 112 DEGREES 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.
