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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...HIGH TEMPERATURES INCREASE TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 100S WITH
HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 101 TO 107 DEGREES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.VERY HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS. BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EXPECT HIGHS TO
CLIMB TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 100S. HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
INCREASE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 101 TO 107 DEGREES.

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REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

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

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

* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE IN THE 101 TO 107
  DEGREE RANGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...EXTRA PRECAUTION FROM THE HEAT SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR THE
  UPCOMING DAYS IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE. THOSE EXPOSED TO THE
  EXTREME TEMPERATURES COULD SUFFER FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
  POSSIBLY 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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