HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
THIS EVENING...
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT ACROSS FAR
WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS GENERALLY WEST OF A
LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW.
WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS GENERALLY WEST OF A
LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW.
* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE IN THE
MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 100 TO AROUND 105
DEGREES. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM.
MIDDLE 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 100 TO AROUND 105
DEGREES. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM.
* 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.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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