Interactive NWS Alert Information

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
300 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...HEAT INDICES WILL REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY...

.A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING VERY HOT
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. HIGHER HUMIDITIES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES TO RISE TO AROUND 105 DEGREES FOR BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
INDEPENDENCE DAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 70S.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA
300 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 


* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE IN THE 103 TO 106
  DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN...PERSONS OUTSIDE COULD
  SUFFER FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND POTENTIALLY HEAT STROKE. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS
105 DEGREES OR GREATER. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID PROLONGED
WORK IN THE SUN...OR IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. ALSO KEEP PLENTY
OF LIQUIDS ON HAND AND TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENT.

    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. 

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