• … HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING…
• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.
• * APPARENT TEMPERATURE… MAX HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 112 DEGREES.
• * LOCATIONS… MUCH OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA… SOUTHEAST ALABAMA… THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WEST OF PERRY.
• 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. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY… CALL 9 1 1. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. STAY OUT OF THE SUN IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT HEAT INDICES OF 109 TO 113 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.