HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON
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Updated: 12:02 AM Jul 30, 2010
HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Very hot temperatures along with slightly higher humidity on Friday will mean heat index values near 110 by mid-afternoon.
Posted: 7:13 PM Jul 29, 2010
Reporter: National Weather Service
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
302 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2 PM EDT
/1 PM CDT/ UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND NORTH
FLORIDA...

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-301200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.HT.Y.0002.100730T1800Z-100730T2300Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-
EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...HUDSON...BONIFAY...
CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...
MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...
SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...
CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...FREEPORT...
SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE...
APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS...
KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE...GEORGETOWN...
FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...
LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...
ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...
NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...
QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
302 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 /202 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2010/

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM
EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM
EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY.

A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A VERY HOT
AIRMASS TRAPPED IN PLACE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. WITH WINDS
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY ON FRIDAY AND TRANSPORT MORE
GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL BE
HIGHER THAN THE LAST FEW DAYS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK IN
EXCESS OF 110 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT
STAY RAIN FREE ALL DAY.

HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AND
ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HEAT INDICES EXCEEDING 110
DEGREES IS EXPECTED...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THESE
HIGH HEAT INDICES WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE MORE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IF EXTRA CARE IS NOT TAKEN. DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF
THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

38-GODSEY
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
227 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

FLZ020>023-GAZ149-162-163-301000-
/O.EXB.KJAX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100730T2300Z/
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-ATKINSON-ECHOLS-CLINCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...
MACCLENNY...PEARSON...STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE
227 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FRIDAY.

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES
COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S WILL RESULT IN
HEAT INDICES NEAR 110 DEGREES. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE
UPPER 70S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITIES CREATES HEAT INDICES OF
110 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT
FEELS WHEN THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY COMBINE WITH THE TEMPERATURE.
HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES CAN CREATE DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS
WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY BECOME CRITICALLY EXHAUSTED IF OUTDOORS.
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONING IF
POSSIBLE...REMAIN OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS WHO MAY BE SENSITIVE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

&&

$$

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