URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
323 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
..HEAT BUILDING ONCE AGAIN ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
.TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE STRESSFUL AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS LEVEL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS…COURTESY OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE.
WHILE HEAT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SUMMERTIME IN ALABAMA…
SOMETIMES THE HEAT RISES TO A LEVEL THAT IT BECOMES MORE THAN JUST
AN INCONVENIENCE…AND IS MORE OF A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR SOME PEOPLE.
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE SUCH AN ABNORMALLY HOT OCCASION.
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
* TEMPERATURE…AIR TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 95 TO 100 DEGREES…
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMBING ABOVE 105 DEGREES IN MANY
AREAS.
* IMPACTS…PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF
THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
