20060730 KDDC WBAL News Severe Weather Bulletin for Carroll County

WBAL News Severe Weather Bulletin for Carroll County

July 30th, 2006

If you plan to attend the Ravens training camp or the Carroll County Fair, be aware of the excessive heat severe weather bulletin from WBAL.

For that matter, if your employment or plans have you outdoors much in the next week, be aware of your exposure to the heat.

NEW FROM THEWBALCHANNEL.COM:

Issued at: 3:06 PM EDT 7/30/06, expires at: 11:00 PM EDT 7/30/06

Excessive heat watch in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon.

The NWS in Sterling, Virginia has issued an excessive heat watch, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon.

A large dome of high pressure will setup across the mid Atlantic from Tuesday to Thursday. Maximum temperatures around 100 degrees combined with high humidity will cause the heat index values to rise to around 110 degrees, with values in urban areas being highest.

Although locations west of the Blue Ridge Mountains are normally considered to be cooler, in this case, those locations will be nearly as hot as Washington DC.

Therefore citizens in cities such as Martinsburg, Hagerstown, Cumberland, and Waynesboro should take the threat of extreme heat very seriously. The air mass that is expected to move into our region is the one that was located over the western United States last week.

Now is the time to prepare for a heat wave across the region. An excessive heat watch means that a prolonged period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses and fatalities will be possible.

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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