******Severe Weather Alerts****** Hot Springs, AR Heat Advisory Heat Advisory in effect from 1:00 PM CDT until 7:00 PM CDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDTTHIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A HEATADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PMCDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 TO NEAR 108 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. * TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGHHUMIDITY IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES ANDHIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEATILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUSACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS ANDSYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OFFLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND OUT DOOR PETS.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:44:29 +0000
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