...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S
COMBINED WITH A VERY HUMID AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
VALUES IN THE 102 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE ON THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A 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 AND
NEIGHBORS.