STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR HIGH HEAT INDICES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 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 HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL U.S.. TEMPERATURES WILL
FEEL LIKE 100 TO 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER 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 FRIDAY JUL 15 2011...

...ARKANSAS...
ARKADELPHIA                          113
DE QUEEN                             110
FORT SMITH                           108

...IOWA...
ATLANTIC                             116
NEWTON                               114
KNOXVILLE                            114
ANKENY                               111

...KANSAS...
WICHITA                              113
HUTCHINSON                           112
MANHATTAN                            110
SALINA                               110
EMPORIA                              108

...LOUISIANA...
NATTCHITOCHES                        113
MONROE                               108

...MISSOURI...
KANSAS CITY                          105
JOPLIN                               104
WHITEMAN AFB                         103

...OKLAHOMA...
CHIKASHA                             114
DURANT                               113
ATOKA                                111
CHANDLER                             111
TULSA                                108
OKLAHOMA CITY                        106

...NEBRASKA...
LINCOLN                              112
YORK                                 111
COLUMBUS                             105
GRAND ISLAND                         105

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ABERDEEN                             101
MITCHELL                             101

...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS                              110

...TEXAS...
FORT HOOD                            112
CORSICANA                            108
DALLAS/FORT WORTH                    108
TYLER                                108


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...SUNDAY JULY 17. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

RYAN