URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

400 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 …DANGEROUS HEAT FOR MID TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND… .THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL BRING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 90S FOR MOST AREAS…AND HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE 103 TO 107 RANGE EACH AFTERNOON.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AS WELL…SO THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. A GREATER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…BRINING SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

UNFORTUNATELY…THE HEAT IS EXPECT TO BUILD AGAIN BY NEXT WEEKEND…WITH MORE HEAT ADVISORIES POSSIBLE.

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* IMPACTS…INCREASED RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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.

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. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ 13