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...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT STRESS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLED OVER THE GULF STATES WILL SUPPRESS CLOUDINESS AND RAINFALL TODAY...THEREBY LIMITING THE TYPICAL RELIEF FROM DAYTIME HEATING. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS AFTERNOON. ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

* TEMPERATURE...95 TO 100 WITH HEAT INDICES 105 TO 112.

* DURATION...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...CUMULATIVE EFFECTS FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HOT AND HUMID TEMPERATURES CAN PRODUCE STRESS ON PERSONS THAT DO NOT TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE HEAT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ORLEANS ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD ... UPPER TERREBONNE ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... WEST FELICIANA

Instructions:

DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A PARKED VEHICLE. INTERNAL TEMPERATURES CAN RISE TO 130 DEGREES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND BECOME FATAL. 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.