...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

 

* EVENT...HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 105 TO 108 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY.

 

* TIMING...BEGINNING DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUING

  INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

 

* IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT

  IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...SUCH AS HEAT

  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.

 

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 911.

 

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