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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
200 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

TXZ248>255-351-353>355-231500-
/O.NEW.KBRO.HT.Y.0006.240523T1800Z-240524T0000Z/
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo-
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of McAllen, Rio Grande City, San Manuel,
Roma, Edinburg, Falfurrias, Weslaco, Port Mansfield, Brownsville,
Harlingen, Sarita, Hebbronville, Mission, Zapata, Raymondville,
Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, and Pharr
200 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 113 degrees expected.

* WHERE...All of Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley except
  the island portions of Cameron, Willacy, and Kenedy counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives, neighbors, workers, and the
elderly.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit exercise and strenuous activities to
early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat
exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat related illnesses increase
significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. Death is
possible to unprepared people and pets.

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Tomaselli