HEAT ADVISORY

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM CDT FRIDAY...

* TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 AND MUGGY AIR WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS HEAT
  INDICES NEAR 100 THROUGH EVENING.

* SOME RELIEF WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WHEN THE HEAT INDICES DROP
  INTO THE MIDDLE 70S.

* OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH HEAT
  INDICES NEAR 105.

* THE HOT AND MUGGY 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