NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
301 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA THURSDAY...

.SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
PRODUCE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-052300-
/O.CON.KMHX.HT.Y.0012.100805T1500Z-100805T2300Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE...
POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...
ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...
VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...
NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
301 AM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING.

THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO
109 DEGREES TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR THOSE ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY IN
DIRECT SUNLIGHT.

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 OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

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