[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" .20030521

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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
945 AM MST WEDNESDAY MAY 21 2003

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NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY...GREATER PHOENIX AREA...SOUTHWEST 
MARICOPA COUNTY...CENTRAL DESERTS
945 AM MST WEDNESDAY MAY 21 2003

...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA 
INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY VALID FOR 
TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR THOSE LIVING IN MARICOPA AND NORTHWEST PINAL 
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA.  THE 
COMBINATION OF NEAR RECORD WARM TEMPERATURE AND INCREASING RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY EXPECTED TODAY AND THURSDAY COULD BE A HEALTH HAZARD 
ESPECIALLY TO THOSE OUT OF DOORS...THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY...IF 
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO STAY COOL AND WELL HYDRATED.

TODAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA WILL RANGE FROM 
104 DEGREES AT WICKENBURG TO 107 DEGREES AT GILA BEND.  THE RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY WILL BE AT 12 TO 15 PERCENT. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED  FOR 
THURSDAY.

INDIVIDUALS CAN SUFFER HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS 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...AND A WIDE BRIMMED HAT WILL KEEP THE 
HEAD AND BODY MUCH COOLER.

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