...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LINGERING HUMIDITY WILL PUSH OUR
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES.

* WHERE...THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ALL OF EASTERN TEXAS.

* WHEN...FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TODAY.

* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE TO OCCUR, ESPECIALLY WHEN WORKING OR
EXERTING ONES SELF IN DIRECT SUNSHINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT
OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG
CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

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. 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.

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