Heat advisory extended through Monday for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB INTO THE
100 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE ON AN AFTERNOON BASIS THROUGH AT LEAST
EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE
ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING WILL BE
PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE.

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.

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.

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