Saturday, July 25, 2015

Excessive heat warning for Joplin area continues Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-260815-
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/O.CON.KSGF.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150726T0200Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
NEOSHO
308 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT
SUNDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES AT MID AFTERNOON WERE IN THE
  MID 90S...WITH HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 105 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES
  ARE EXPECTED TO WARM A FEW MORE DEGREES...WITH HEAT INDICES
  AROUND 110 BY LATE AFTERNOON.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...UNTIL 9 PM SATURDAY FOR ALL OF
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT
  WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT AGAIN ON SUNDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM.

* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 110 DEGREES ON SATURDAY.
  HEAT INDEX VALUES SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 103 TO 106
  DEGREE...MAKING SEVERAL DAYS THAT HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE BEEN
  AT OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
  WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED
  ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY.

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.

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