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...EXCESSIVE HEAT TO AFFECT THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING... .EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH FROM THE WEST...INCREASING AND EXPANDING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FOR THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HEAT ADVISORIES OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXPANDED FOR MORE OF THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY.

* HEAT INDEX READINGS...BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES.

* TIMING...HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM.

* 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 ... CHESTER ... CROCKETT ... DECATUR ... GIBSON ... HARDEMAN ... HARDIN ... HAYWOOD ... HENDERSON ... HENRY ... MADISON ... MCNAIRY ... OBION ... 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.