SHV extends Heat Advisory

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
406 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

...VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FOUR
STATE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

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TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-230400-
/O.EXT.KSHV.HT.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110824T0200Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
406 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES
  EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACT: THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE PRESENT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO WORK OR PLAY OUTDOORS AND FOR THOSE 
  WHO ARE IN INADEQUATELY COOLED BUILDINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING. 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 LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

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