Excessive heat warning for Valdosta

Published 5:53 pm Sunday, July 1, 2012

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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.