Heat advisory for Joplin area, 11 a.m. today to 7 p.m. Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO
OSCEOLA.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB INTO
THE 100 TO 106 DEGREE RANGE BOTH AFTERNOONS.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES COULD OCCUR WITH ANYONE 
EXERTING THEIR BODIES UNDER THESE OUTDOOR CONDITIONS.

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.