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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
402 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HEAT FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.THE VERY WARM AIR MASS OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WILL ONLY GET
HOTTER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IN ADDITION...THE HUMIDITY
WILL ALSO START TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION. COMBINE THIS WITH
THE POTENTIAL OF TEN DAYS IN A ROW OF GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES...
AND THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF THE PROLONGED HEAT WAVE WILL START
TO TAKE A TOLL ON THOSE THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT. THE
HEAT WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A
COLD FRONT.

OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...
DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S TODAY.
TEMPERATURES COULD POTENTIALLY REACH AS HIGH AS THE UPPER 90S
DURING THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PERIOD.

* OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY COOL TO AROUND 70 TO THE MID
70S... PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF.

* INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES FROM THE UPPER
90S TO AROUND 100 TODAY. HEAT INDICES FROM THE UPPER 90S TO
AROUND 105 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.

IMPACTS...

* HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION...
AND DEHYDRATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE HOT DAYS WILL
ADD TO THE HEAT STRESS OF THOSE MOST AFFECTED BY THE HOT
TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES
AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
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.

* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT
HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8

Instructions:

See email / web message for further. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES
AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
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.