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...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH INTO SATURDAY... .A HOT AIRMASS COMBINED WITH VERY HUMID AIR WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING WHERE HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OR EXCEED 110 DEGREES. ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES....105 TO 110 DEGREES.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

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

* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... CARROLL ... DECATUR ... HARDIN ... 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. 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.