Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 850 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 HARPER-WOODS-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE- KINGFISHER-LOGAN-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN- GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER- KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC- COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN- HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...ARNETT...WOODWARD... FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO... YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLDENVILLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK... LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...COALGATE... WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA... MADILL...DURANT...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 850 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT SATURDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. * TEMPERATURE: MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES 100 TO 110. * IMPACTS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND ONLY MODEST COOLING AT NIGHT WILL INCREASE THE DANGER OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. 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 LIGHTWEIGHT 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 9 1 1.