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...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND SATURDAY... .THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN UNDER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY...INTERRUPTED ON OCCASION BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...TO AROUND 110 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. DESPITE A POTENTIAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY LATER BE EXTENDED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY...

* HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

* TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... CARROLL ... CHESTER ... CROCKETT ... DECATUR ... DYER ... FAYETTE ... GIBSON ... HARDEMAN ... HARDIN ... HAYWOOD ... HENDERSON ... HENRY ... LAKE ... LAUDERDALE ... MADISON ... MCNAIRY ... OBION ... SHELBY ... TIPTON ... 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. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.