[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXNPWPSR.20030811

[ldad administrator]

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

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
410 AM MST MON AUG 11 2003

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NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY...GREATER PHOENIX AREA...SOUTHWEST 
MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY 
410 AM MST MON AUG 11 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. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY RANGE 
FROM 107 DEGREES AT CAREFREE TO 113 DEGREES AT GILA BEND AND 
COOLIDGE...WITH PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT FORECAST TO REACH A HIGH 
OF 112 DEGREES. 

ALTHOUGH DAYTIME HIGHS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HOT AS WHAT 
OCCURRED ON SUNDAY...AND SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY INSTEAD OF 
MOSTLY SUNNY...THE COMBINATION OF NEAR RECORD HEAT...SLIGHTLY HIGHER 
HUMIDITY...AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS COULD STILL 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.

DG

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE