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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1144 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012

...HOT WEATHER EXPECTED THURSDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL BRING HOT TEMPERATURES TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW UPPER 90S POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.

1144 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012 /1244 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012/

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...FORECAST HIGHS RANGE FROM 100 TO NEAR 105 DEGREES. MODERATE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL KEEP PEAK HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

HIGH 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.

CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING HOT WEATHER WHEN THE CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES!