Thursday, August 19, 2010

Right Then, Right There I Feel This Burning Pain...

This has been a summer for the record books.  For the past few months the National Weather Service has issued repeated excessive heat warnings with seemingly no end in sight.  Can these triple digit heat indexes continue through into September?  Send in your best guess for the last triple digit day in Tulsa this summer and I'll enter your name in a drawing for a Free Grilla Ray's T-shirt.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
- HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE RETURNING TO THE REGION AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON. WARM OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY IN THE LARGER URBAN AREAS WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE INTENSIFYING HEAT. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THIS HEAT WARNING TO BE EXTENDED IN TIME WITH
LATER FORECASTS.
IMPACTS...
- THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
- DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.


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