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July 1, 2012

Excessive heat warning for Valdosta

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
323 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY...

.HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. ABUNDANT
STRONG SUNSHINE...HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE CENTURY MARK...AND
PLENTY OF HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS HEAT
CONDITIONS.

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-020330-
/O.EXB.KTAE.HT.Y.0001.120702T0000Z-120703T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120702T0000Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-
TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-
MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY...
COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN...
FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...
LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...
ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...
NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...
QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
323 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 /223 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...95 TO 105 DEGREES FOR THIS AFTERNOON
                 93 TO 103 DEGREES FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON


* HEAT INDEX...110 TO 115 DEGREES FOR THE REST OF TODAY
               107 TO 110 DEGREES FOR MONDAY

* IMPACTS...HEAT CAN HAVE A CUMULATIVE EFFECT...SO THESE
  CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL INCREASE THE
  RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR
  HEAT STROKE IN EXTREME CASES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE.  WHEN
POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE
AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

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