WWUS73 KLOT 201747
NPWLOT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1247 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-
WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...DEKALB...AURORA...ELGIN...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OSWEGO...
JOLIET
1247 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 7 PM
CDT FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TEMPERATURE...MID 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
* MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES...105 TO 115 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS HIGH COULD LEAD TO HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE. THE ELDERLY...SMALL
CHILDREN AND PETS ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE. PLAN AHEAD. HAVE
A COOL PLACE TO SHELTER FROM THE HEAT. AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
DURING THE AFTERNOON.
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.
HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.
YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN
VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING
WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL
TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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