Full Notification

...EXCESSIVE HEAT CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY REACHING 100 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* HEAT INDICES...RANGING FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. FRIDAY COULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGE FROM 110 TO 115 IN SOME LOCATIONS.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WHICH COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR ... ANDREW ... ATCHISON ... BUCHANAN ... CALDWELL ... CLINTON ... DAVIESS ... DE KALB ... GENTRY ... GRUNDY ... HARRISON ... HOLT ... LINN ... LIVINGSTON ... MACON ... MERCER ... NODAWAY ... PUTNAM ... SCHUYLER ... SULLIVAN ... WORTH

Instructions:

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...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AVOIDING CAFFEINATED AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.