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Excessive Heat Warning Continues

By NWS/KWGS News

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kwgs/local-kwgs-977946.mp3

Tulsa, OK – 313 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

* IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA...ROGERS...
PITTSBURG...WAGONER...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...PAWNEE...
SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE AND HASKELL.

IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS WEEKEND AND WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT WITH AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES IN THE 105 TO 111 DEGREE RANGE. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT
LOWS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM AND WILL PROVIDE LITTLE TO NO RELIEF
FROM THE HEAT.

IMPACTS...
* THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES
ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

* TO REDUCE RISK DURING
OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE
MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY...CALL 911.