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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
434 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

.VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA. 

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-090545-
/O.EXT.KHGX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110811T0300Z/
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-
LIBERTY-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...
BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...
COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN...CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...
EL CAMPO...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...
KATY...LAKE SOMERVILLE...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...MADISONVILLE...
MISSOURI CITY...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PASADENA...PIERCE...
PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...
SUGAR LAND...THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...
WHARTON...WILLIS
434 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* EVENT...HEAT ADVISORY FOR EXPECTED HEAT INDEX VALUES MEETING 
  OR EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES. 

* TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 104 TO 108 BETWEEN NOON AND 
  7 PM CDT. 

* IMPACT...HEAT STROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS 
  POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 

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.

EACH YEAR...A NUMBER OF FATALITIES OCCUR NATIONWIDE DUE TO
CHILDREN ACCIDENTALLY BEING LEFT IN VEHICLES DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS. IN THE PAST DOZEN YEARS...500 CHILDREN HAVE DIED DUE TO
HYPERTHERMIA AFTER BEING LEFT IN OR GAINING ACCESS TO CARS. NEVER
LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE NOT EVEN FOR A
MINUTE. REMEMBER...BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

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