Alert: HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED AUGUST 17 AT 1:30PM CDT UNTIL AUGUST 18 AT 8:00PM CDT

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 105 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas,

north central and northwest Louisiana and southeast Oklahoma.

* WHEN...From 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat

illnesses to occur.

Area: SEVIER; HOWARD; LITTLE RIVER; HEMPSTEAD; NEVADA; LAFAYETTE; COLUMBIA; UNION; CLAIBORNE; LINCOLN; UNION; OUACHITA; MCCURTAIN