18 July, 2013
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
518 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013
...EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMID THROUGH SATURDAY...
.A GRADUALLY WARMING AIRMASS AND INCREASING MOISTURE WILL YIELD
DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT
FRIDAY...
* LOCATION...MIDDLESEX COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF...HOPKINTON AND ASHLAND.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104 THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASING
TO 105 TO 109 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THOSE OUTDOORS FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WILL BE MORE AT
RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. AVOID PROLONGED
WORK IN THE SUN OR IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT...STAY OUT OF THE
SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN THE SUN OR IN POORLY VENTILATED
AREAS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENT...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.
