A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ THIS

EVENING.


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

AND MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH THE VERY MOIST AIR

OVER THE AREA AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 DEGREES ARE

EXPECTED.


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

BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY BY MIDDAY...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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