UPDATED 10:13 AM: Heat Advisories for your Saturday; New Counties Added

UPDATE
Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan have been added to the heat advisory for North Alabama and the start time has been moved up for those counties until 11 a.m.

Here is the new map:

From the NWS Birmingham…

…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston.

This includes the communities of: Hamilton, SUlligent, Vernon, Fayette, Double Springs, Jasper, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Hoover, Columbiana, Pelham, Alabaster, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Clanton, Rockford, Demopolis, Linden, Selma, Prattville, Fort Deposit, Hayneville, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Union Springs, Phenix City, Troy, and Eufaula.

* TEMPERATURE…ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 90S,
WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS…HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE
OUTDOORS IN UNSHADED AREAS.

From the NWS Huntsville…

…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA: Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and Morgan.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES…UP TO 108 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
90S, AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S.

* TIMING…FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS…THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT STRESS DURING
OUTDOOR EXERTION OR EXTENDED EXPOSURE.

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.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN
VEHICLES!

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY, CALL 9 1 1.

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 CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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