Full Notification

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY

TEMPERATURES

LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S WILL
FALL THROUGH THE 80S THIS EVENING AND BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 70S EXCEPT IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR WHERE IT MAY NOT DROP BELOW 80 DEGREES. TUESDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 104 TO 110.

IMPACTS

OPPRESSIVE HEAT WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF
HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

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.

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.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS

STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM

STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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.