…A PROLONGED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY…

.HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA
THIS WEEKEND AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH HUMIDITY
RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 110. LITTLE RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT SINCE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
70S. THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80
SATURDAY AND THEN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE AREA SUNDAY.
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AND COULD EXTEND INTO FRIDAY FOR ALL OR PART OF THE AREA.

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…DUBUQUE…
VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MAQUOKETA…MARENGO…
IOWA CITY…TIPTON…CLINTON…MUSCATINE…BETTENDORF…
DAVENPORT…GALENA…FREEPORT…MOUNT CARROLL…STERLING…
ROCK FALLS…MOLINE…ROCK ISLAND…KEWANEE…PRINCETON…
HENNEPIN

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE…AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF 100 TO 110. NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL BE IN THE 70S…
OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

* IMPACTS…THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

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.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR. THIS
COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO 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 ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS…ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.