Heat advisory in effect for Joplin area through Saturday

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM
CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LOCATIONS ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE
FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES ON A DAILY BASIS.

* IMPACTS...HOT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE PROLONGED OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
DANGEROUS. THOSE PERFORMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BECOME
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

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.

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.