URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 331 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010
ARZ019-020-029-OKZ054>062-064>067-070>076-141030- /O.EXT.KTSA.EH.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100816T0200Z/ 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- 331 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SUNDAY…
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… * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ON SATURDAY AFTER MORNING LOWS ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. HEAT INDEX VALUES ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE 105 TO 115 RANGE. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HOWEVER…HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL STILL RANGE FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 102 WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES POSSIBLE.
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.