Full Notification

..HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON
CDT MONDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT
MONDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
90S THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO APPROACH 105
DEGREES. EVEN WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH
AFTERNOON HIGHS LIKLEY REACHING THE UPPER 90S. THESE VALUES
COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN HEAT
INDEX VALUES EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AFTERNOONS.

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 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.