Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 332 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...CADIZ... HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE... SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WEIRTON... BETHANY...WHEELING...MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT... MORGANTOWN...KINGWOOD...TERRA ALTA 332 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...95 TO 100 THIS AFTERNOON... UP TO 103 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE COUNTIES WITH POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE RECENT WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 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 IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.