It is going to a scorcher Sunday in Avoyelles, with record heat in the forecast.

A heat advisory continues for Avoyelles Parish. Temps are forecasted to reach 104 degrees Sunday afternoon. The high temp Saturday was 98.

Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL BRING ABOUT EXCESSIVE APPARENT TEMPERATURES (OR HEAT INDEXES) OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS. THE HEAT INDEX...WHICH IS A MEASURE OF THE BODY`S INCREASING INABILITY TO COOL OFF AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RISES...ASSUMES THAT A PERSON IS AT REST IN THE SHADE. EXERCISE AND/OR EXPOSURE TO THE DIRECT RAYS OF THE SUN ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE HEAT INDEXES MENTIONED IN THE FORECAST.

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL BRINGABOUT HEAT INDEXES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS.

THESE HEAT INDEXES WILL MAKE HEAT EXHAUSTION LIKELY. SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION INCLUDE PROFUSE SWEATING...NAUSEA...VOMITING...AND

GENERAL WEAKNESS.

HEAT STROKE...A LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY...IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. SYMPTOMS OF HEAT STROKE

INCLUDE RAPID PULSE...POSSIBLE PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOR...AND UNRESPONSIVENESS. THE VICTIM MAY SLIP INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS.

THE OVERWEIGHT AND ELDERLY ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT STRESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY

WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND

NEIGHBORS.