URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 414 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-251700- /O.CON.KHUN.HT.Y.0009.120725T1800Z-120726T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 414 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHERN ALABAMA AS WELL AS LINCOLN...MOORE...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 103 AND 108 DEGREES. IN ELEVATED TERRAIN...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...EXPOSURE TO HEAT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED INJURIES AND ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES!
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