Full Notification

National Weather Service has issued a HEAT ADVISORY for North Aurora area, effective today at 11am until Friday, July 19 at 7pm.

The North Aurora Police Department asks you to follow the recommendations in the ADVISORY below and to check on relatives and neighbors. Please call 911 if you think you or someone you know is in heat related distress.

If you or anyone you know is without air conditioning during the heat advisory, the North Aurora Police Department lobby and community room is open to any North Aurora resident to stay cool from 7am to 10pm. We're located at 200 S. Lincolnway.


* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S TODAY AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S FRIDAY. MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX WILL BE 100 TO 105 TODAY AND 102-108 FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE ONLY IN THE MIDDLE 70S TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SEVERAL DAYS OF BUILDING HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. THE HEAT CAN BE MOST STRESSFUL ON SMALL CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS. LEAVING A CHILD OR A PET IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE...EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME...CAN BE DEADLY. INTENSE HEAT COULD ALSO RESULT IN ROLLING POWER BLACKOUTS AND BUCKLING OF PAVEMENT.

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 WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HIGH 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.