HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

LIBERTY, August 23, 2010 - TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 104 DEGREES INLAND...MID 90S ALONG THE COAST. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN TO PROTECT BOTH PEOPLE AND PETS FROM THIS EXTENDED HEAT EVENT. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN VEHICLES.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 45 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A WEAK SURFACE FRONT INTERACTS WITH THE HOT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A COUPLE OF SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

TUESDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 102 DEGREES INLAND...MID 90S ALONG THE COAST. THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 102 TO 104 DEGREES OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD...AND 104 TO 108 DEGREES ELSEWHERE.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN TO PROTECT BOTH PEOPLE AND PETS FROM THIS EXTENDED HEAT EVENT. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN VEHICLES.

.DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE COMBINATION OF LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DAYTIME HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP HEAT INDICES BELOW 105 DEGREES THIS PERIOD.