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...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HEAT TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING... .ANOTHER PERIOD OF PROLONGED EXCESSIVE HEAT IS FORECAST FOR THE MIDSOUTH. EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH FROM THE WEST...INCREASING AND EXPANDING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 106 AND 113 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MEMPHIS AND JONESBORO. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FOR THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXPANDED ACROSS MORE OF THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* HEAT INDEX READINGS...BETWEEN 106 AND 110 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FOR THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

* TIMING...HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM. UNCOMFORTABLY WARM AND HUMID THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD.

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

* AFFECTED AREAS: DYER ... FAYETTE ... HAYWOOD ... LAKE ... LAUDERDALE

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.