000 WWUS74 KTSA 150209 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 909 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ARZ019-020-029-OKZ060-151000- /O.CON.KTSA.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070817T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-TULSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON... FORT SMITH...TULSA 909 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... TULSA. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK BUT A SLOW COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN THURSDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICIES WILL AGAIN CLIMB TO NEAR OR ABOVE 105 BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE 70S...WITH THE WARMEST READINGS IN THE MORE URBANIZED AREAS AND ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL PROVIDE VERY LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AT NIGHT. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE CAN QUICKLY REACH OVER 150 DEGREES...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>059-061>076-151000- /O.CON.KTSA.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070817T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE- WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW... OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE... EUFAULA...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 909 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK BUT A SLOW COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN THURSDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICIES WILL AGAIN CLIMB TO NEAR OR ABOVE 105 BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S WHICH WILL OFFER ONLY LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE CAN QUICKLY REACH OVER 150 DEGREES...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. $$