URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
MADISON IL-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...
EDWARDSVILLE...
ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY.
* TIMING...A HAZARDOUS COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA AROUND MIDDAY...WITH THESE
CONDITIONS LINGERING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 105 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE
90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.
* IMPACTS...THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY BE A
HEALTH HAZARD...ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS...THE
ELDERLY... THE VERY YOUNG...OR THOSE IN POOR HEALTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO THE 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.
BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT! CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD
NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR
INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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 IMMEDIATELY.
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