[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20030810

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THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX MAIL SERVER

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
400 AM MST SUN AUG 10 2003

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NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY...GREATER PHOENIX AREA...SOUTHWEST 
MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY 
400 AM MST SUN AUG 10 2003

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA 
DESERT...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY 
FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST PINAL 
COUNTY. THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE 
ADVISORY AREA. THE COMBINATION OF NEAR RECORD DAYTIME HIGHS...MOSTLY 
SUNNY SKIES...AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND 
EARLY EVENING COULD POSE A HEALTH HAZARD...ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG 
...THE ELDERLY...AND THOSE OUTDOORS...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN 
TO STAY COOL AND WELL HYDRATED. 

HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 110 DEGREES AT 
CAREFREE TO 115 DEGREES AT GILA BEND...WITH PHOENIX SKY HARBOR 
AIRPORT FORECAST TO REACH A HIGH OF 114 DEGREES. 

INDIVIDUALS CAN SUFFER HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES WHEN THE BODY 
TEMPERATURE SYSTEM CAN NO LONGER COOL ITSELF. STAY INDOORS WHERE IT 
IS MUCH COOLER. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH 
AS POSSIBLE AND DRINK ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF WATER. WEAR LIGHT COLORED 
AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. A WIDE BRIMMED HAT WILL KEEP THE HEAD 
AND BODY MUCH COOLER.

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