AREA COUNTIES: AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS–CASS-ADAIR-MADISON–ADAMS-UNION–TAYLOR-RINGGOLD–POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT…

…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY…

Heat Advisory Tuesday for Counties in orange on this map.

* TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES…MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER 90S WITH DEW POINTS RANGING IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOIST AIR WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 102 TO 110 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS…HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES MAY OCCUR SUCH AS HEAT CRAMPS…HEAT EXHAUSTION…AND HEAT STROKE…ESPECIALLY IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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.