Heat advisory in effect for Joplin area through Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

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

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER 100S BOTH
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* 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.