[LeArc] Heat Advisory until 7:00pm Wed Aug 2 2006
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Wed Aug 2 15:20:48 EDT 2006
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1106 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006
...DANGEROUS HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE FOR ONE MORE
DAY...
.A COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. THE SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT MEANS THAT MUCH OF THE AREA SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WILL GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL DAY OF
EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
RELIEF WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE FRONT AND RAIN IN
THE FORM OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA.
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1106 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE MORE ADDITIONAL
DAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES AND BREAKS THE HEAT WAVE.
TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE MID AND POSSIBLY UPPER
90S. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES.
HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REMAIN AROUND 100 DEGREES WELL INTO THE EVENING
BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. ONCE THE RAIN BEGINS...TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP QUICKLY.
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
LIKELY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...
STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK
UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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