URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...RECORD HEAT CURRENTLY ONGOING AND LIKELY AGAIN ON SUNDAY ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN ITS INFLUENCE ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY. CURRENT TEMPERATURES AND SIMILAR HEAT INDICES ARE
RANGING IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM
100 TO 105 DEGREES...WITH SIMILAR HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS THE
REGION.

SHOULD THIS HEAT LAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH SOME OF THE
LATEST DATA SUGGESTS...THIS WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO HEAT WAVES
LAST EXPERIENCED IN THE DUST BOWL ERA OF THE 1930S.

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-075>078-081-082-010300-
/O.EXT.KLMK.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120702T0200Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...
COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
341 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 /241 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012/

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/
SUNDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...PEAKING AROUND 105 DEGREES.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT
  STROKE ARE A REAL THREAT. DEHYDRATION CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. THE
  EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAT WILL ALSO CAUSE DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO
  WORSEN...AND RAISE THE CONCERN FOR WILDFIRE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
  THE AREA.

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. NEVER LEAVE A CHILD OR A PET
IN A PARKED CAR...EVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES.

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 9 1 1.

&&

$$

BJS