URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
448 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...EXCESSIVE HEAT EXPECTED TODAY...
.TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S TODAY ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI. THESE TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH A VERY HUMID AIRMASS...
WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 112 DEGREES.
HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ADVISORY WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE EXPANDED
TO THE EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
NEOSHO
448 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE HEAT ADVISORY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 49
CORRIDOR FROM NEVADA TO NEOSHO.
* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MIDDLE 90S. HEAT
INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 106 TO 112 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.