CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE...ELIZABETH CITY...
EDENTON...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...
CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...
LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...
WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...
CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
1118 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND
100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...IN TANDEM WITH
INCREASED HUMIDITY...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105
AND 109 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAT
ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE HEAT
WAVE CONTINUES.

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 IN THE SHADE IF POSSIBLE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS.

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