URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 909 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE... .HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S WILL COMBINE TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON THURSDAY. TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND- FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CARROLLTON...SALEM... COSHOCTON...CADIZ...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... ST. CLAIRSVILLE...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...GROVE CITY... NEW CASTLE...BUTLER...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA... KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON...WAYNESBURG...GREENSBURG... LATROBE...UNIONTOWN...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 909 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...97 TO 102 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO EVEN MID 70S. LOCATIONS WITHIN CITIES MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE HEAT INDEX VALUES SLIGHTLY HIGHER DUE TO ADDITIONAL HEAT FROM ASPHALT AND BRICK. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM. * IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BEGIN TO BE SEEN. IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT...LIMIT YOUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. 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 IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. 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.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:33:47 +0000
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