NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
251 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2010

...HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-
JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...
YSCLOSKEY...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...
GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...
GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
251 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S
TODAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES TO PRODUCE HEAT
INDICES THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 110 DEGREES. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO BE VERY ISOLATED IN COVERAGE AND PROVIDE
ONLY VERY LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR...SEVERAL HUNDRED FATALITIES OCCUR
NATIONWIDE DUE TO HEAT EXPOSURE AND HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES
ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL...HEAT KILLS.
CHILDREN OFTEN ARE VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTALLY BEING LEFT IN VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...BEAT THE HEAT AND BE SURE TO CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

DURING PROLONGED...EXCESSIVE HEAT...BE SURE TO CHECK ON THE
ELDERLY...AND OTHERS WITH MOBILITY PROBLEMS. ALSO CHECK ON THOSE
WHO ARE RELUCTANT TO USE AIR CONDITIONING OR HAVE DIFFICULTY
ACCESSING COOLING CENTERS.

PETS ALSO ARE VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. BE SURE ANIMALS
THAT AREA KEPT OUTDOORS HAVE ACCESS TO SHADE AND PLENTY OF WATER.
CONSIDER BRINGING HOUSE PETS  INDOORS DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY
FOR RELIEF.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO 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 RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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