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HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT THURSDAY......EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
7 PM CDT SATURDAY

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 105
DEGREES AND REACH 110 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS WITH OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES ONLY DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 70S AROUND 80 BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS.

* IMPACTS...HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE SPENDING PROLONGED TIME OUTDOORS OR THOSE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT ILLNESSES, SUCH AS CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.

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.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY 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.

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.

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.