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Showing posts with label heat warning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heat warning. Show all posts

Thursday, July 21, 2011

News: Triple Digits Today Just the Start of 3-Day Bake

(July 21, 2011) - It reached 101 degrees today in Loudoun and that is just the start of a 3-day bake for area residents as the National Weather Service has extended the Excessive Heat Warning effective until 10 p.m., Thursday. The Excessive Heat Warning will be in effect again on Friday, July 22, 2011 from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., and on Saturday, July 23, 2011, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.

An excessive heat warning means that high temperatures are expected to be remain in the upper 90s to low 100s with heat indices over 110 degrees.

The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

News: Excessive Heat Warning Issues for Loudoun

(July 20, 2011) - The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Loudoun County, in effect from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, July 21, 2011, and Friday, July 22, 2011.

An excessive heat warning means that high temperatures are expected to be in the upper 90s on Thursday and in the upper 90s or low 100s on Friday. But it will feel at times as if it̢۪s 110 degrees. The worst of the heat is expected during the afternoon and early evening hours Thursday and Friday. The excessive heat will likely carry over into the weekend as well.