UPDATE 06/21/10: Excessive Heat Warning has been extended until 7pm on Wednesday.
UPDATE 06/20/10: Excessive Heat Warning has been extended until 7pm on Tuesday.
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
159 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010
ARZ019-020-029-OKZ054>064-066>068-070>072-200300-
/O.CON.KTSA.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100622T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-
159 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY…
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…CREEK…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TULSA…
ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…OTTAWA…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…
CRAIG…NOWATA…PAWNEE…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE.
IN ARKANSAS…CRAWFORD…SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN MID 90S COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH
HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN
105 AND 108 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH LITTLE RELIEF OVERNIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.
IMPACTS…
* THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* PERSONS THAT MUST BE OUTSIDE SHOULD LESSEN THEIR ACTIVITY…DRINK
PLENTY OF LIQUIDS…PREFERABLY WATER. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND
WEAR LIGHT COLORED…LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING. STRENUOUS
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUCED…ELIMINATED OR RESCHEDULED TO THE
COOLEST TIME OF THE DAY. PROLONGED EXPOSURE COMBINED WITH
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN CAUSE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
* 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.
* 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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