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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
319 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

GAZ100-101-114>119-137>141-SCZ042>045-047>052-131600-
/O.NEW.KCHS.HT.Y.0001.130613T1800Z-130613T2200Z/
BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-
INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-
COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-
INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-
COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...
CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...
LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...
JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON
319 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
EDT THIS EVENING.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
  COMBINED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES
  OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THE MOST OPPRESSIVE HEAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6
  PM.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE FOR
  DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE IN THE FULL SUN AND
  IN NON AIR CONDITIONED HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

&&

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