By the way, at 11am, it's already 95° with a heat index of 111° so we've already passed the 108° heat index they expected. And we haven't even gotten to the hottest part of the day. It's still morning!
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
643 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2003
...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO TEXAS TODAY. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN HIGH WHILE TEMPERATURES
CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING HEAT INDICES
NEAR 108 DEGREES.
TXZ201-215-216-082300-
HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...KOUNTZE...ORANGE
643 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2003
...EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY...
THE COMBINATION OF 3 AM TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 80 DEGREES...DEW
POINTS IN EXCESS OF 76 DEGREES...AND EXPECTED AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES
OF AT LEAST 108 DEGREES WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HEAT FOR LOWER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.
LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO REACH WELL INTO
THE UPPER 90S. SINCE DEW POINTS ARE PREDICTED TO BE IN THE LOWER
70S...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER 40S WILL PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX
OF 108 DEGREES. THIS SHOULD FEEL SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY'S HEAT INDEX
OF 109...REACHED AT 4 PM.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE POSTPONED TO THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME
HOURS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
DURING EXTREME HEAT....THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND SICK PERSONS
ARE MOST AT RISK.
RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS IN SIGHT...THE LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE
RESPONSIBLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE WEST STARTING TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TOWARD
SEASONAL NORMS BY THIS WEEKEND.
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SWEENEY
my Cowboys 
