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...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH... .CONTINUED HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AREA-WIDE. HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN EXCEED 105 DEGREES WITH SOME LOCATIONS BRIEFLY APPROACHING 110 DEGREES AT PEAK HEATING. LOWS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WARM THURSDAY NIGHT PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* HEAT INDEX READINGS...106 TO 109 DEGREES.

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES INCLUDING HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... CARROLL ... DECATUR ... GIBSON ... HENDERSON ... HENRY ... WEAKLEY

Instructions:

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. REMEMBER CAR INTERIORS CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.