Excessive Heat Watch until 07:00PM Friday
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...Up to 105 due to temperatures in the mid 90s, and dewpoints in the lower 70s.
* TIMING...Monday evening and Wednesday through Friday.
* IMPACTS...The heat and humidity may cause heat stress during outdoor exertion or extended exposure.
* AFFECTED AREAS: DIXON ... DAKOTA ... BON HOMME ... LINCOLN ... CHEROKEE ... CHARLES MIX ... IDA ... YANKTON ... WOODBURY ... UNION ... CLAY ... GREGORY ... CLAY ... OSCEOLA ... TURNER ... O'BRIEN ... PLYMOUTH ... DICKINSON ... HUTCHINSON ... LYON ... BUENA VISTA ... DOUGLAS ... SIOUX
Instructions:
An Excessive Heat Watch means that a prolonged period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous 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.
Address/Location
Sioux County Sheriff's Office
4363 Ironwood Ave., Ste 1
Orange City, IA 51250
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-737-3307
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SIOUX followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Excessive Heat Watch