URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
416 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010
ARZ019-020-029-OKZ054>062-064>067-070>076-122115-
/O.EXT.KTSA.EH.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100815T0400Z/
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-
MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
416 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT
SATURDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TULSA…
ROGERS…MAYES…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…
NOWATA…PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…
LATIMER AND HASKELL.
IN ARKANSAS…CRAWFORD…SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE EACH
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ADDITIONALLY…OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S
PROVIDING LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO TREND DOWNWARD BY SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA.
IMPACTS…
* THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY
OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
* 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.