...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM

CDT FRIDAY...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE

HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM CDT

FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* TEMPS AND HEAT INDEX...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO

PERHAPS UPPER 90S WILL COMBINE WITH OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY VALUES

TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES

BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED

FROM THE HEAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER

70S.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


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.


AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF

DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT

TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION

IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY

IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP

ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.


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