URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
317 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010
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TULSA-
317 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…TULSA.
* THIS REPLACES THE WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 105 TO 110
RANGE BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY…WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 70S.
IMPACTS…
* THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE POSSIBLE.
DEFINITION…
* AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.
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.