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Heat Warning is Back

The sign in front of the National Weather Service Office on 11th Street near Highway 169.
KWGS News Photo
The sign in front of the National Weather Service Office on 11th Street near Highway 169.

By KWGS News/National Weather Service

Tulsa, OK – URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
336 AM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

ARZ019-020-029-OKZ060-061-064-066-067-070-072-082130-
/O.CON.KTSA.EH.W.0004.100808T1200Z-100811T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
MUSKOGEE-SEQUOYAH-
336 AM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

* IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKMULGEE...TULSA...ROGERS...SEQUOYAH...
WAGONER AND MUSKOGEE.

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE RETURNING TO THE REGION AND WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES
OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON. WARM OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY IN THE LARGER URBAN AREAS WILL
PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE INTENSIFYING HEAT. THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR THIS HEAT WARNING TO BE EXTENDED IN TIME WITH
LATER FORECASTS.

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...
* DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY
OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.