MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE...
ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...
ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...
LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...
WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON
230 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 AND HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE
105 DEGREES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING
TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BE CERTAIN TO PREPARE
FOR THE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

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