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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

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WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-
EMANUEL-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...COVINGTON...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
1107 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND 
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY EAST OF A COMMERCE TO
COVINGTON TO THOMASTON TO AMERICUS LINE. THIS AREA OF GEORGIA WILL
LIKELY SEE HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURES ARE VERY
WARM...GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THE CURRENT SPELL OF HOT WEATHER AND HIGH HUMIDITIES IS BEING CAUSED
BY A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM LODGED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE NATION. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY. A FEW SPOTS COULD HAVE SOME COOLING LATE
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY. AN
INCREASE IN THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY INDICATED FOR
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHICH COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF
FROM THE HEAT.


A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. REMEMBER...THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...
AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME
HEAT. STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUCED OR
RESCHEDULED TO A COOLER TIME OF THE DAY. 
 
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