NPWCHS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1132 AM EDT FRI AUG 20 2010

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-202300-
/O.CON.KCHS.HT.Y.0036.100820T1600Z-100820T2300Z/
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...
JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON
1132 AM EDT FRI AUG 20 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S...COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF
HUMIDITY...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT COULD OCCUR BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON...UNDER INCREASING CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

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. RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS 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. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN
VEHICLES.

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