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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
343 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED FOR METRO NEW ORLEANS TODAY...

.LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TODAY ARE AGAIN EXPECTED
TO RISE TO 105 TO 110 ACROSS METRO NEW ORLEANS AFTER MORNING LOWS
IN THE LOWER 80S. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE OPPRESSIVE
CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAT RELATED STRESS
AND ILLNESSES.

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ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER...
EAST NEW ORLEANS...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET
343 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES

* DURATION...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING

* IMPACTS...HEAT STRESS WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS AND COULD
  LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.

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.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

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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