Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Heat advisory issued for Joplin area Thursday

(From the National Weather Service)

..HOT AND HUMID THURSDAY...

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-088-093-101-041200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.HT.Y.0011.160804T1800Z-160805T0100Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...WARSAW...
WHITAKERVILLE...COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...MORA...EDMONSON...
LINCOLN...VERSAILLES...ROCKY MOUNT...STOVER...LAURIE...
AURORA SPRINGS...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...TIFFIN...
APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...WEAUBLEAU...HERMITAGE...QUINCY...
WHEATLAND...CROSS TIMBERS...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
DECATURVILLE...ROACH...VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...KENOMA...LAMAR...
CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...ARNICA...
CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...
ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...
ROCKY COMFORT
226 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY...

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

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MIDDLE TO
  UPPER 90S ON THURSDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO 108
  DEGREES FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
  WILL INCREASE THE 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. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

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