STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR HIGH HEAT INDICES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011
 
...EXCESSIVE HEAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE DEEP SOUTH AND PORTIONS
OF 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 AREAS 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 THURSDAY AUGUST 4 2011...

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE DOWNTOWN                  120
MOBILE/BATES FIELD               115
GULF SHORES                      111
CAIRNS AAF/OZARK                 110

...ARKANSAS...
ARKADELPHIA                      121
MONTICELLO ARPT                  119
WEST MEMPHIS                     115
DE QUEEN                         114
PINE BLUFF                       114
EL DORADO                        113
LITTLE ROCK                      113
FORT SMITH                       112
TEXARKANA                        112

...FLORIDA...
PENSACOLA NAS                    116
WHITING FLD                      116
PENSACOLA REGIONAL               114
EGLIN AFB                        113
CROSS CITY ARPT                  111
CRESTVIEW                        111
CECIL FIELD NAS                  110
MARIANA                          110

...GEORGIA...
WAYCROSS                         114
BAINBRIDGE                       112
DOUGLAS MUNI ARPT                112
VALDOSTA REGIONAL                112
AUGUSTA                          110
DUBLIN                           110
SAVANNAH MUNICIPAL               110

...LOUISIANA...
HAMMOND MUNI ARPT                115
MONROE REGIONAL                  115
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL              111
BATON ROUGE                      110
NATTCHITOCHES REGIONAL AIRPORT   110
PATTERSON MEMORIAL               110
SLIDELL  

...MISSISSIPPI...
BAY ST. LOUIS                    121
GOLDEN TRI                       120
GREENWOOD                        119
GREENVILLE MUNI                  117
COLUMBUS AFB                     113
TUNICA                           113
PASCAGOULA                       112
TUPELO                           112

...OKLAHOMA...
DURANT                           114
PAULS VALLEY MUNI AIRPORT        114
SHAWNEE MUNI AIRPORT             114
OKMULGEE MUNI AIRPORT            113
CHICKASHA MUNI AIRPORT           112
HALLIBURTON FIELD AIRPORT        112

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
DARLINGTON                       117
BEAUFORT MCAS                    116
HILTON HEAD                      116
CHARLESTOWN MUNI                 114
FLORENCE REGIONAL                111
MYRTLE BEACH                     111

...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS NAS                      122
JACKSON/MCKELLAR                 117
MEMPHIS                          113
SMYRNA                           113

...TEXAS...
KINGSVILLE NAS                   114
PARIS/COX FIELD                  114
MINEOLA/QUITMAN                  113
NACOGDOCHES                      113
PORT ISABEL AIRPORT              112
ALICE INTL AIRPORT               111
DALLAS/FT WORTH                  111
TYLER/POUNDS FLD                 111


A COLD FRONT 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 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 SATURDAY AUG 6.  PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

GERHARDT