Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1052 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-CANADIAN- OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE- HUGHES-TILLMAN-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENID...PERRY...WATONGA...KINGFISHER... GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG... OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE... SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...HOLDENVILLE...FREDERICK...LAWTON 1052 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE: MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 103 TO 109 THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS: VERY HOT CONDITIONS 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 LIGHT WEIGHT 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.