STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR HIGH HEAT INDICES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2011
 
...COMBINATION OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS WEEKEND
WHICH WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN U.S. NEXT WEEK...
 
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL U.S.. TEMPERATURES WILL FEEL LIKE
100 TO 110 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

HEAT INDEX SAFETY INFORMATION AND MEANINGS OF WATCHES...WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/HEAT/INDEX.SHTML

GRAPHICAL HEAT INDEX FORECASTS INTO NEXT WEEK CAN BE FOUND AT
www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heat_index_MAX.shtml


...SELECTED HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM THURSDAY JUL 15 2011...

...NEBRASKA...
HEBRON                               105

...KANSAS...
SALINA                               108
WICHITA                              106
TOPEKA                               106

...OKLAHOMA...
ATOKA                                110
SHAWNEE                              110
TULSA                                108
TAHLEQUAH                            108                     
OKLAHOMA CITY                        103

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WINNER                               107
PHILLIPS                             101
                  

...TEXAS...
MINERAL WELLS                        109
DALLAS                               106
VICTORIA                             106
CORPUS CHRISTI                       103                   

A RATHER STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL
U.S. AS A LARGE REGION OF HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN THE UPPER
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WILL RESULT IN GENERALLY LIGHT
WINDS AND WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 90S TO
LOWER 100S. THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES WELL ABOVE 100 DEGREES OVER A LARGE PORTION
OF THE NATION FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 AM EDT...SATURDAY JULY 16. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

ECKERT/GERHARDT