HEAT ADVISORY

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

* LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 90S THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON...THEN ONLY SLOWLY DROP THURSDAY EVENING. COMBINED
  WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 FOR
  MUCH OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF
  HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS.

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...DIAL 9 1 1.