Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
90S BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM
108 TO 112 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SLIGHTLY LOWER SATURDAY...HOWEVER VALUES IN EXCESS OF 105
DEGREES REMAIN LIKELY.

* IMPACTS...THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BOTH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES.

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.