National Weather Service Issues Heat Advisory and Air Alert

URGENT - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 1 PM TUESDAY THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM THURSDAY.

* HEAT INDEX: FOR THE PERIOD TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND FALL NO LOWER THAN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S AT NIGHT.

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS HEAT LEVELS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS. THIS COULD BE THE HOTTEST WEATHER SINCE AUGUST 2007...AND CERTAINLY THE HOTTEST SO FAR THIS SUMMER.

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.

Air Quality Alert

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY...

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED A CODE ORANGE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE NASHVILLE AREA...IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.

A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR PARTICULATE MATTER HAS BEEN ISSUED. GROUND CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY STANDARDS. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE SUCH AS ASTHMA, SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXCERTION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION SITE AT HTTP://WWW.TENNESSEE.GOV/ENVIRONMENT.