Full Notification

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE

TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S.
DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL COMBINE WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES TO BRING HEAT INDEX VALUES TO BETWEEN 102 AND 105 THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT 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.