WWUS74 KLIX 040845 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 345 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TODAY... LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-041645- /O.NEW.KLIX.HT.Y.0005.090704T0845Z-090705T0000Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES- ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL- PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART... LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE... RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT... GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE... YSCLOSKEY...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY... CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS... WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA... OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN 345 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH YOUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S MAYBE EVEN APPROACHING 100 IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATELY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX READINGS RANGING FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ CAB