830 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011


...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY...


A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY.


ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT

MONDAY.


* TEMPS/HEAT INDEX...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER

90S MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY...RESULTING IN

PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES.


* IMPACTS...THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH MOSTLY

SUNNY SKIES WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED

ILLNESSES SHOULD PROPER PRECAUTIONS NOT BE TAKEN.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A

SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DURING VERY HOT

WEATHER IT IS CRITICAL TO STAY HYDRATED BY DRINKING PLENTY OF

WATER. IN ADDITION CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...ELDERLY AND NEIGHBORS.


TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN

POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR

EVENING.  KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT

STROKE.  WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN

POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.


TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS

IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.  ANYONE OVERCOME BY

HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE

IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.


A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

HIGH 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.


CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES

UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING HOT

WEATHER WHEN THE CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A

MATTER OF MINUTES!
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