| for quite sometime now, I thought to post the warning. Heat Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 259 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-060100- /O.NEW.KJAX.HT.Y.0003.110805T0659Z-110806T0100Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY... MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER... STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON... GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA...DOUGLAS... HAZLEHURST...ALMA...BAXLEY...JESUP...PEARSON...WAYCROSS... BLACKSHEAR...NAHUNTA...BRUNSWICK...STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE... FOLKSTON...WOODBINE...ST MARYS 259 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S...WITH MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES 107 TO 112 DEGREES. * TIMING...THE HEAT WILL BE MOST OPPRESSIVE BY NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACT...EXERTION OR PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HEAT AND HIGH HEAT INDICES COULD CREATE HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITIES CREATES HEAT INDICES OF 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY COMBINE WITH THE TEMPERATURE. HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES CAN CREATE DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY BECOME CRITICALLY EXHAUSTED IF OUTDOORS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONING IF POSSIBLE...REMAIN OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS WHO MAY BE SENSITIVE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. 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. 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 AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. |