URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
343 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

...EXCESSIVE HEAT LIKELY COMING TO IOWA WEDNESDAY INTO THIS
WEEKEND...

.CONFIDENCE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH FOR
HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS IOWA TO REACH THE 105 TO 115. HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES MAY LAST INTO AND THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND.

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-MONONA
POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-HARRISON-SHELBY
343 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE...AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S, DEWPOINT
  TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S, HEAT INDEX VALUES 105 TO
  115.

* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEAT RELATED
  ILLNESSES AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF PROPER ACTION IS NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS 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. DO NOT LEAVE PETS AND/OR CHILDREN IN
UNATTENDED VEHICLES.