SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
226 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LUBBOCK…SLATON…WOLFFORTH
226 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

…TEMPERATURE AT LUBBOCK/S PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO
APPROACH THE CITY/S ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH THIS AFTERNOON…

AS OF 215 PM CDT…THE TEMPERATURE AT LUBBOCK/S PRESTON SMITH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD REACHED 110 DEGREES. A NEW DAILY RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE IS IMMINENT…WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 111
DEGREES SET IN 1994.

CLIMBING TEMPERATURES ARE ON PACE TO APPROACH A MORE NOTABLE MARK
LATER TODAY. WITH 3 HOURS OF DAYTIME HEATING REMAINING…IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT LUBBOCK/S ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 114
DEGREES COULD BE THREATENED BY THE END OF TODAY. THAT RECORD WAS
SET ON JUNE 27TH 1994.

LUBBOCK…AND ALL SOUTH PLAINS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION TODAY DURING THESE RECORD HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS. DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER AND LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. CHECK ON THE ELDERLY
AND DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.