HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY
HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* TEMPERATURE...FRIDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 90S PRODUCING HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 100 TO 108.
* IMPACTS...THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER MAY CAUSE HEAT RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR ANYONE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR WORKING OUTDOORS.
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.
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.
Address/Location
Wood County Dispatch Center
400 Market St
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 715-421-8701