URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
443 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011
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/O.EXT.KTSA.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110714T0100Z/
SEBASTIAN-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
443 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TULSA…
ROGERS…PAWNEE…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…
MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…LATIMER AND HASKELL.
IN ARKANSAS…SEBASTIAN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO
110 DEGREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LITTLE HEAT RELIEF IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT…WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING TO THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PROVIDE LOCAL
RELIEF FROM THE HEAT BUT OVERALL…DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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…
* 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.
* TO REDUCE RISK DURING
OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE
MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY…CALL 911.
* 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.