Full Notification

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 90S
TO NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING...LEADING TO
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 98 AND 105
DEGREES BOTH DAYS.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MAY
LEAD TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY ALSO IMPACT
THOSE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ILLNESS...INCLUDING CHILDREN...THE
ELDERLY AND PETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.