By KWGS News/NWS
Tulsa, OK – .EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS EXTENDED THE EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND HAS ADJUSTED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER
AND HASKELL.
IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER THIS
WEEK. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES...WITH
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 115 RANGE...IS EXPECTED.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM AND WILL PROVIDE LITTLE TO
NO RELIEF FROM THE DANGEROUS 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.