Interactive NWS Alert Information

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WWUS73 KTOP 060907
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
407 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO 106 THIS AFTERNOON AND
FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY...

.HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 103 TO 106. AREAS ROUGHLY
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE WILL SEE ONE MORE WARM DAY
ON SATURDAY AS HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY APPROACH THE 103 TO 106
DEGREE RANGE. 

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
407 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SATURDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE IN THE 103 TO 106
  DEGREE RANGE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY HEAT INDICES
  WILL LIKELY APPROACH 105 DEGREES AGAIN. 

* IMPACTS...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN...THOSE EXPOSED TO THE 
  EXTREME TEMPERATURES 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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