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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
225 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
...DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN
THURSDAY...
.HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO TRIGGER
DANGEROUSLY HIGH APPARENT TEMPERATURES. THE HEAT INDEX (OR
APPARENT TEMPERATURE) IS A MEASURE OF THE HEAT LOAD ON THE BODY.
THE HIGHER THE INDEX...THE HIGHER THE HEAT LOAD. NOTE...THE HEAT
INDEX ASSUMES A PERSON AT REST IN THE SHADE WITH LIGHT WINDS. ANY
COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR EXPOSURE TO DIRECT SUNLIGHT
PUSHES THE HAZARD OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY ABOVE THAT
INDICATED BY THE HEAT INDEX.

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CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
225 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. 
* EVENT...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 108 TO 112 WILL OCCUR THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 
* TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 
  PM CDT. 
* IMPACTS...THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE ENHANCED. 
  RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPPRESSIVE 
  HEAT. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE COMBINATION OF HIGH 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.
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.
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