URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 359 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR TO ABOVE 100 EXPECTED... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S TODAY AND THURSDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW 70S. THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE IT FEEL MUCH WARMER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS TODAY. OHZ061-077-171600- /O.NEW.KILN.HT.Y.0001.130717T1600Z-130718T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILN.EH.A.0001.130718T1600Z-130720T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...CINCINNATI 359 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...HAMILTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 102 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. * TIMING...FORECAST HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 OR HIGHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAVE PROMPTED THE HEAT ADVISORY...AND WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...HEAT STROKE, HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OUTDOORS...OR ARE INVOLVED IN ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. 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 911. REMEMBER...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS 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. &&
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:57:21 +0000
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