URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 305 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 ...HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING... .HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH STAYS PUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-017>023-035>037-048-051-270100- /O.CON.KABR.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130827T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 305 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPS/HEAT INDEX...AIR TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL 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 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. && $$ [Richard - 301]
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:14:34 +0000
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