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...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL MARK THE LAST DAY OF THE PROLONGED HEAT WAVE ACROSS THE REGION. COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH LOWER HUMIDITY IS FORECAST FOR THE END OF THE WEEK... .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 EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS DAY OF HEAT AS HEAT INDICES APPROACH 110 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH MID-SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING AN END TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* 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.