Heat advisory Saturday for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE
320 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE REACHED THE 100 TO
  105 DEGREE RANGE IN MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN
  MISSOURI.

* TEMPERATURE...SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND
  UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING UP TO
  AROUND 105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CAN RESULT IN HEAT RELATED
  ILLNESSES IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE WORKING
  OUTSIDE...CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO
  AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.