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Heat Advisory update for far west/s.w. Iowa

Weather

July 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-COUNTIES…332 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015…

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY.

* TEMPERATURE…HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO NEAR 110 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS…ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES MONDAY. HEAT ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE COULD OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

 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.