URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2010
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TULSA-ROGERS-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
412 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2010
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…OKMULGEE…ROGERS…WAGONER AND TULSA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE
RANGE STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S WILL NOT OFFER MUCH
RELIEF. A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE THAT RELIEF BY SUNDAY.
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 WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS 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.