WWUS73 KLOT 220234
NPWLOT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
934 PM CDT THU JUL 21 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
934 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY...
* TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 90S FRIDAY.
* MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES FRIDAY...100 TO 113 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE 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.
IN COOK COUNTY...CALL 3 1 1 FOR ASSISTANCE INCLUDING HEAT SHELTER
INFORMATION.
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