URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
332 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011
ARZ029-OKZ054-055-059>061-064>067-070>076-112100-
/O.EXT.KTSA.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110713T0100Z/
SEBASTIAN-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
332 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TUESDAY…
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
TUESDAY…
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…
* HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT…WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80.
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.