NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 357 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2010 ...OPPRESSIVE HEAT LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL HELP KEEP CONVECTION AT A MINIMUM TODAY ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO AGAIN BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR AUGUST. MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES RATHER HIGH. THEREFORE...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WITH THE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX LIKELY TO RANGE FROM 106 TO 111 DEGREES. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-230000- /O.CON.KLCH.HT.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-100823T0000Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 357 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE REACHING THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH HEAT INDICES AS HIGH AS 110 DEGREES. THE I-10 CORRIDOR HAS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS VERIFYING OVER THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH ORANGE COUNTY WITH A HEAT INDEX VALUE UP TO 110 DEGREES. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT SHOULD EXTEND FOR A FEW MORE HOURS OR UNTIL AROUND 7 PM WHEN THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL BRING RELIEF. 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 SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT. HEAT KILLS. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. && $$ SWEENEY