Interactive NWS Alert Information

OHZ056-065-074-290000-
/O.EXA.KILN.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120629T0000Z/
LICKING-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...LANCASTER...LOGAN
212 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...LICKING...FAIRFIELD AND HOCKING COUNTIES.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...NEAR 100 DEGREES.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* 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.

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