...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RISING TO BETWEEN
105 AND 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* EVENT...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105-110 DEGREES
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL HIT 105 DEGREES AS EARLY AS 11
AM AND BE HIGHER THAN 108 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS STARTING
AROUND NOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE
INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND HOME BOUND PERSONS WITHOUT
AIR CONDITIONING OR CIRCULATED AIR.

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.

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