Excessive Heat Warning Will Replace Heat Advisory for Far Western/SW Iowa
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July 21st, 2012 by admin
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...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL THEN GO IN EFFECT FROM 1PM TODAY UNTIL 8PM TUESDAY...
* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH 98 TO 105 DEGREES
FOR SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD PEAK IN
THE 100 TO 108 RANGE EACH AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THE PROLONGED NATURE OF THIS HEAT WAVE MAKES IT
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO WORK OUTDOORS OR DO NOT
HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. IF YOU MUST WORK OUTSIDE...TAKE PLENTY
OF WATER BREAKS IN THE SHADE AND IF POSSIBLE SCHEDULE MORE
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES FOR MORNING OR IN THE EVENING.
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.
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. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.