Triple digits for heat index and actual temps should be abundant on this Thursday
Good morning,
Prepare now for high temperatures – both heat index and actual. There is a heat advisory in effect until 9 p.m. Friday.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
THU JUL 9 2009
…HOT WEATHER CONTINUES IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA…
.HOT WEATHER WILL PERSIST AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
PRODUCE HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES… ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.
HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-
CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HOLLIS…MANGUM…HOBART…ALTUS…
FREDERICK…LAWTON…DUNCAN…WALTERS…WAURIKA…QUANAH…
CHILLICOTHE…CROWELL…VERNON…WICHITA FALLS…MUNDAY…
KNOX CITY…SEYMOUR…ARCHER CITY…HOLLIDAY…LAKESIDE CITY…
HENRIETTA
420 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2009
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY…
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY.
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO 100 OR ABOVE TODAY AND
FRIDAY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 105 TO 110 TODAY
AND TOMORROW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO
CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER… STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM… STAY OUT OF
THE SUN… AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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