NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 315 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 GAZ117>119-139-141-SCZ048>052-300400- /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.A.0002.100730T1400Z-100731T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100730T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH... TYBEE ISLAND...HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 315 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH AN EXPECTED SURGE IN MOISTURE WITH THE SEA BREEZE WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 115 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST INTENSE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...RAVENEL... BEAUFORT...BLUFFTON...THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA AS WELL AS HALFMOON LANDING AND DARIEN. THIS LEVEL OF HEAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN. THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH DUE TO THE LONG DURATION OF THIS ONGOING HEAT WAVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...CHECK UP ON THE ELDERLY AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED LOCATION IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN AND PETS IN A VEHICLES...EVEN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. AVOID GOING OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON IF POSSIBLE. EVEN SHORT TERM EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT WILL BE DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST WORK OUTSIDE...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF DECAFFEINATED ...NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING...A HAT AND SUNSCREEN TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE SUNSHINE. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-300400- /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.A.0002.100730T1400Z-100731T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.HT.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-100730T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE- HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND 315 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 AND MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 107 TO 113 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH DUE TO THE LONG DURATION OF THIS ONGOING HEAT WAVE. NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE... CHECK ON THE ELDERLY AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED LOCATION IF POSSIBLE. NEVER LEAVE PETS OR CHILDREN INSIDE VEHICLES...EVEN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. && $$