URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1135 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE... CTZ005>011-NJZ002-004-103-105-107-NYZ067>071-078-080-177-179- 210000- /O.CON.KOKX.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130721T0000Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1135 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... INTERIOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...WESTERN LONG ISLAND. * HAZARDS...COMBINATION OF HIGH LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...95 TO 100 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. * TIMING...HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...IF NO PROTECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN...INITIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE FATIGUE. SUNSTROKE...MUSCLE CRAMPS...AND/OR HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 TO 104 DEGREES FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS. 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. 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.