Heat advisory issued for Joplin area through Saturday

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 71 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF
U.S. 54 TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS.

* TEMPERATURES...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO
LOWER 100S EACH AFTERNOON AS HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO
105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BECOME
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN.

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.