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...OPPRESSIVE HEAT EXPECTED TODAY AND TOMORROW ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH... .TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN EXCESS OF 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TOMORROW. HEAT INDICES MAY APPROACH 110 DEGREES AT PEAK HEATING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH MIDWEEK. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY.

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

* TIMING...NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY.

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

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHESTER ... CROCKETT ... DYER ... FAYETTE ... HARDEMAN ... HAYWOOD ... LAUDERDALE ... MADISON ... MCNAIRY ... SHELBY ... TIPTON

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.