Post by SKYSUMMIT on Aug 6, 2007 20:30:20 GMT -6
| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 345 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115 EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH HEAT INDICES ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. LAZ040-056>070-MSZ080>082-140445- /O.CON.KLIX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070814T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.HT.Y.0002.070814T1200Z-070815T0000Z/ ST. TAMMANY-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST- UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANthingy-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER... GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE... DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS... BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE... CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW... PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND... DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS... MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN 345 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING OPPRESSIVELY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ALLOWING HEAT INDEX READINGS TO CLIMB TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE VERY WARM...WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S TONIGHT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION... CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. ALSO...DO NOT FORGET ABOUT YOUR PETS. PETS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. IF PETS MUST BE KEPT OUTDOORS... PROVIDE SHADE AND PLENTY OF FRESH WATER. $$ |
