...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ FRIDAY...
* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S TODAY AND IN
THE MID TO UPPER 90S FRIDAY. MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX WILL BE 100 TO
105 TODAY AND 102-108 FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE ONLY IN
THE MIDDLE 70S TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...SEVERAL DAYS OF BUILDING HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. THE
HEAT CAN BE MOST STRESSFUL ON SMALL CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...
OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS. LEAVING A CHILD OR A PET IN
AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE...EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME...CAN BE DEADLY.
INTENSE HEAT COULD ALSO RESULT IN ROLLING POWER BLACKOUTS AND
BUCKLING OF PAVEMENT.
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.
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.
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