NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 452 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE ENTIRE AREA... .DANGEROUS HEAT WILL PERSIST THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALZ062-064-FLZ001>006-010600- /O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100801T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.100801T1700Z-100801T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.100802T1700Z-100802T2300Z/ UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE... FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 452 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL AFFECT THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS...AND FROM 98 TO 103 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS INLAND AREAS. THE HEAT WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES...WITH THE MOST OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE COAST. ADDITIONALLY...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S...EXCEPT NEAR 80 DEGREES NEAR THE COAST. THIS WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HOT CONDITIONS...CAUSING HEAT STRESS TO BUILD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL 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 FRIENDS...RELATIVES...AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ ALZ051>061-063-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-010600- /O.CON.KMOB.EH.W.0002.100801T1700Z-100801T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.HT.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100801T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.EH.A.0002.100802T1700Z-100802T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-LOWER MOBILE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE- STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 452 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL AFFECT THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS...AND IN THE 98 TO 103 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS INLAND AREAS. THE HEAT WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS. THE MOST OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE COAST. ADDITIONALLY...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S...EXCEPT NEAR 80 DEGREES NEAR THE COAST. THIS WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HOT CONDITIONS...CAUSING HEAT STRESS TO BUILD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL 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 FRIENDS...RELATIVES...AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ COHEN