URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 830 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006 DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ041-042-050>057- 010930- /O.CON.KLWX.EH.W.0001.060801T1600Z-060803T2200Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-FAUQUIER- LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK- FAIRFAX-ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS... WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG
830 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY...
HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RISE TO AROUND 110 DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE CITY CENTERS...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 115 DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON.
DUE TO THE HUMIDITY TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO COOL AT NIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES DURING THE EVENING WILL BE 95 TO 100...AND LITTLE RELIEF CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
HERE ARE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS DURING HEAT WAVES THAT YOU SHOULD PRACTICE DURING THE NEXT THREE DAYS:
* DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. WEAR LOOSE FITTING LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND A HAT
* CHECK UP ON ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS - THESE ARE THE PEOPLE MOST AT RISK
* PROVIDE OUTSIDE PETS AND LIVESTOCK WITH PLENTY OF FRESH WATER
* NEVER LEAVE PETS OR CHILDREN IN PARKED CARS - EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN. TEMPERATURES INSIDE PARKED CARS CAN REACH 130 DEGREES IN ONLY A FEW MINUTES
* PLAN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY IN THE MORNING
* SET YOUR THERMOSTAT A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS WILL HELP REDUCE THE ELECTRICITY DEMAND...AND LESSEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF POWER BLACKOUTS
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THIS COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES AND FATALITIES ARE LIKELY UNLESS PREVENTED MEASURES ARE TAKEN.
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