Heat Advisory for Lackawanna, PA ... HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... From 12:00 PM EDT, Fri., Jul 19, 2013 until 8:00 PM EDT, Fri., Jul 19, 2013 Issued by The National Weather Service Binghamton, NY Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 3:19 AM EDT * LOCATIONS... CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. * HAZARDS... COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY... PRODUCING PEAK HEAT INDICES OF AROUND OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES. URBAN AREAS MAY SEE HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 105 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES... HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. * TIMING... THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS... IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN... HEAT EXHAUSTION OR OTHER HEAT RELATED SYMPTOMS COULD OCCUR FOR THOSE DOING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE VERY YOUNG AND ELDERLY ARE MOST AT RISK. 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.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:20:54 +0000
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