URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE RANGE BETWEEN 95 AND 100 ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY HAS COMPOUNDED THE HEAT STRESS ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS. THEREFORE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HOT AND HUMID AND HUMID AIRMASS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...A SLIGHT RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVELY HOT CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY...BUT MAINLY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. MNZ060-062-280430- /O.EXT.KMPX.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130829T0500Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL 328 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURE: AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 95 TO 100. * IMPACTS: THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS HAS COMPOUNDED THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY...THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING...AND PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. 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 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ [Richard - 301]
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:51:06 +0000
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