[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
355 PM MST SUN AUG 10 2003

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

...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR 
THE SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERT...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX 
METROPOLITAN AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE HEAT ADVISORY LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON...FOR THE UNUSUAL RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OCCURRING 
ACROSS THE AREA. LATE THIS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...MANY SETTING NEW 
RECORDS...RANGED FROM 115 AT GOODYEAR...116 AT SKY HARBOR...TO 117 
AT MESA WILLIAMS. THE COMBINATION OF RECORD DAYTIME HIGHS...SUNNY 
SKIES...AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS LATE 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. 

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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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE