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URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
347 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

…DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY…

.A DOME OF HOT AND HUMID ARE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART
OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY
WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES WELL OVER 100 FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE
ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE DANGEROUS HEAT AND HIGH
HUMIDITY CONTINUES FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301900-
/O.NEW.KDVN.HT.Y.0003.120630T1600Z-120701T0100Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FAIRFIELD…MOUNT PLEASANT…
BURLINGTON…KEOSAUQUA….FORT MADISON…OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH…
CARTHAGE…MACOMB…MEMPHIS…KAHOKA
347 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.

* TIMING…DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND
THIS EVENING.

* HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE…HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S COMBINED
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AT LEAST
100 TO 110 STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE
HEAT ILLNESSES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS…ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.

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.

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