Heat Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 710 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 ...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY... .DAYTIME MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY. FURTHERMORE...NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL NOT COOL BELOW THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S...WHICH WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE HEAT STRESS ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS. THESE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES ARE THE RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES. A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY...AND BRING SLIGHT RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVELY HOT CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. HEAT ADVISORIES OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO WEDNESDAY. MNZ041>045-048>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-271000- /O.CON.KMPX.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130828T0500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 710 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURE: AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES INCREASING TO BETWEEN 95 AND 105 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY FALLING BACK INTO THE 70S. * IMPACTS: THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING...AND PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. 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...CALL 9 1 1. 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
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:31:03 +0000
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