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Hudson County Office of Emergency Management
Monday July 16th, 2018 :: 09:00 a.m. EDT

Advisory

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUDSON COUNTY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY... * HEAT INDEX VALUES...IN THE UPPER 90S

Heat Advisory for Hudson County, New Jersey
From 12:00pm EDT, Mon Jul 16 until 6:00pm EDT, Tue Jul 17

Action Recommended: Execute a pre-planned activity identified in the instructions
Issued by: New York City - NY, US, National Weather Service,
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY... * HEAT INDEX VALUES...IN THE UPPER 90S DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 80S, AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME HEAT CAN CAUSE ILLNESS AND DEATH AMONG AT- RISK POPULATION WHO CANNOT STAY COOL. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT STRESS DURING OUTDOOR EXERTION OR EXTENDED EXPOSURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 95 TO 99 DEGREES FOR TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, OR 100 TO 104 DEGREES FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. 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! IN CASES OF HEAT STROKE CALL 9 1 1. &&

Address/Location
Hudson County Office of Emergency Management
830 Bergen Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 201-369-5200

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