STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR HIGH HEAT INDICES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011
 
...EXCESSIVE HEAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE DEEP SOUTH AND INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TODAY...
 
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT MAINLY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND
EASTWARD INTO MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST.  HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE HEAT INDICES
GENERALLY BETWEEN 105 TO 115 DEGREES...DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...WITH HIGHER VALUES EXCEEDING 120 DEGREES IN SOME
LOCATIONS..
 
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 CAN BE FOUND AT
www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heat index MAX.shtml


...SELECTED HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3 2011...

...ARKANSAS...
WALNUT RIDGE                     125
ARKADELPHIA                      122
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT              122
LITTLE ROCK                      121
JONESBORO                        120
RUSSELLVILLE                     118
MONTICELLO AIRPORT               116

...MISSOURI...
POPLAR BLUFF                     126
CAPE GIRARDEAU                   120
WEST PLAINS                      117
JOPLIN                           115
SPRINGFIELD                      115
FARMINGTON AIRPORT               115
FORT LEONARD                     112

...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENWOOD                        119
GREENVILLE                       114
VICKSBURG/TALLULAH ARPT          114
GULFPORT                         112
JACKSON                          110

...ILLINOIS...
CAIRO                            120
CARMI MULI AIRPORT               120
CARBONDALE/MURPHYSB              115
MOUNT VERNON                     110
FAIRFIELD                        110

...KENTUCKY...
BOWLING GREEN                    117
PADUCAH                          117
FORT CAMPBELL                    116

...TENNESSEE...
DYERSBURG                        120
NASHVILLE                        112

...OKLAHOMA...
TAHLEQUAH                        119
DURAN                            117
TULSA                            117
SHAWNEE                          115
ATOKA                            113
OKLAHOMA CITY                    113

...TEXAS...
PARIS/COX FIELD                  114
TYLER                            112
DALLAS-FORT WORTH                112
LONGVIEW/GREGG CO                111
HUNTSVILLE                       110

...LOUISIANA...
MONROE REGIONAL                  120
NATTCHITOCHES REGIONAL AIRPORT   114
SHREVEPORT                       113
LAKE CHARLES                     110

...ALABAMA...
MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL               114
MOBILE                           109
EVERGREEN                        109

...FLORIDA...
WHITING FIELD                    114
PENSACOLA                        112
PANAMA CITY                      112

...GEORGIA...
BAINBRIDGE                       110
SAVANNAH                         109
DOUGLAS_MUNI_ARPT                108
VALDOSTA                         108

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
HILTON_HEAD                      114
CHARLESTON                       112
BEAUFORT_MCAS                    111
SHAW_AFB                         108


A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN THE AREA OF EXCESSIVE HEAT TO BE CONFINED
MAINLY IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AS AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS
IN PLACE OVER TEXAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...EXCESSIVE HEAT
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS SHOULD FURTHER DECREASE THE COVERAGE OF THE HEAT BY
THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 AM EDT ON FRIDAY AUG 5.  PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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