Wednesday, June 26, 2013

National Weather Service issues heat advisory for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 49
CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WITH
HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 105 TO 107 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY COULD LEAD TO SUNSTROKE..CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE. CARS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...ALWAYS CHECK THE BACKSEAT AND NEVER LEAVE
CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE.

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