NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 400 AM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-049-060>100-252000- /O.EXT.KAKQ.HT.Y.0006.100725T0800Z-100726T0000Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND- GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA- POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER- MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...MARGARETTSVILLE... AHOSKIE...ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL... EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA... EASTVILLE 400 AM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 100 TO 105. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL LOWER DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW AND MID 60S BY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES. 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 IN THE SHADE IF POSSIBLE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$