Full Notification

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 105 DEGREES

* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING

* IMPACTS...HEAT ILLNESS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUTDOORS NOT TAKING APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN ... COLES ... CUMBERLAND ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... EFFINGHAM ... MACON ... MCLEAN ... MOULTRIE ... PIATT ... SHELBY

Instructions:

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. 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. THIS IS OUR FIRST REAL BOUT OF VERY HOT WEATHER AND OUR BODIES ARE NOT USED TO THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY VALUES...WHICH INCREASES THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. 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.