COUNTIES: EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION– CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS-

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. *

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON…AS MAX TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S…COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70. HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN AROUND 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT NIGHT.

DUE TO RECENT DRY CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA…THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED CONCERN FOR SMALL GRASSLAND FIRES.

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. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.