Heat index between 102 and 109 Saturday for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

AFTER A VERY HOT DAY ON FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN WARM
INTO THE 90S ON SATURDAY. WITH HUMIDITY REMAINING VERY HIGH...
HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 109 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION
ON SATURDAY.

THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK...AND THE
HEAT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO EVENTUALLY BE EXTENDED INTO NEXT WEEK
FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-STONE-TANEY-
OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
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...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1026 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM SATURDAY FOR
  ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE MID
  TO UPPER 90S. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO 109.

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

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.