000 WWUS74 KTSA 152053 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 353 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007 ARZ019-020-029-OKZ060-160230- /O.CON.KTSA.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070817T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-TULSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON... FORT SMITH...TULSA 353 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... TULSA. AFTER HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE VERY LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE ONGOING HEAT. THE HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE CAN QUICKLY REACH OVER 150 DEGREES...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH. WITH SUMMER ATHLETIC DRILLS UNDERWAY...COACHES SHOULD REMAIN COGNIZANT OF THE PHYSICAL LIMITS OF THEIR ATHLETES AND CLOSELY MONITOR FOR SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION. TAKE REGULAR WATER BREAKS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ049-053>059-061>076-160230- /O.CON.KTSA.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070817T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE- WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW... OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE... EUFAULA...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 353 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE. AFTER HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE 70S OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE VERY LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE ONGOING HEAT. THE HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE CAN QUICKLY REACH OVER 150 DEGREES...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH. WITH SUMMER ATHLETIC DRILLS UNDERWAY...COACHES SHOULD REMAIN COGNIZANT OF THE PHYSICAL LIMITS OF THEIR ATHLETES AND CLOSELY MONITOR FOR SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION. TAKE REGULAR WATER BREAKS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. $$