Saturday, July 18, 2015

Heat advisory for Joplin area through Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

HOT AND UNSEASONABLY HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS
WEEKEND...

KSZ097-101-MOZ057-058-068>071-077-079>083-088>098-101>106-191000-
/O.CON.KSGF.HT.Y.0002.150718T1800Z-150720T0100Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-
BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-
BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...
CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1100 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND
  EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURE AND HEAT INDEX...WARM AND MUGGY NIGHTTIME AND EARLY
  MORNING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH HOT AND CONTINUED HUMID AFTERNOON
  WEATHER WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
  FALL INTO THE 70S. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BOTH SATURDAY AND
  SUNDAY WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
  AROUND 105 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS WILL LIKELY INCREASE DURING THIS
  TIME. PERSONS IN POOR HEALTH AND THE ELDERLY WILL BE AT
  PARTICULAR RISK 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.

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