MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK

August 7, 2009

<font color=#FF3300>HEAT ADVISORY</font>


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
FRI AUG 7 2009



HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA: OSAGE, WASHINGTON, NOWATA, CRAIG, PAWNEE, ROGERS, MAYES, CREEK, OKFUSKEE, OKMULGEE, WAGONER, CHEROKEE, MUSKOGEE, MCINTOSH, SEQUOYAH, HASKELL AND LE FLORE.

HIGH HUMIDITIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS: CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR ANYONE WORKING OR PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS

THIS AFTERNOON. COACHES AND SUPERVISORS SHOULD PLAN FOR EXTRA WATER AND COOLING BREAKS AND CONSIDER POSTPONING SOME ACTIVITIES.