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.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Heat advisory for Joplin area, 11 a.m. today to 7 p.m. Sunday
(From the National Weather Service)
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