This is going to be the first of many heat related advisories and warnings across the state over the next several days. This warning involves Harrison, Shelby, Monona, Pottawattamie, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and Page Counties. Here is the report from the NWS in Omaha.

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY…

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES…AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 90S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY…THEN THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME AREAS COULD TOP 100 DEGREES AT TIMES SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH SWELTERING HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS.

* HEAT INDEX…HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 112 DEGREES EACH DAY…WITH OVERNIGHT HEAT INDICES ONLY COOLING TO AROUND 80. THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AND PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK.

* IMPACTS…SEVERAL DAYS OF DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY…WITH LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AT NIGHT…CAN CREATE SIGNIFICANT STRESS ON INDIVIDUALS…AND WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS 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…NEIGHBORS AND PETS. TEMPERATURES WITHIN VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT…CHECK THE BACKSEAT.