WEATHER ALERT: HEAT ADVISORY!

Issued by The National Weather Service

... HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT...
* HEAT INDEX VALUES... 100 TO 105 DEGREES.

* TIMING... LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS... HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE ARE A REAL THREAT. DEHYDRATION CAN OCCUR QUICKLY.THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAT WILL ALSO CAUSE DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO WORSEN... AND RAISE THE CONCERN FOR WILDFIRE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA.
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. NEVER LEAVE A CHILD OR A PET IN A PARKED CAR... EVEN FOR A FEW 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.

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... NEAR RECORD HEAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN ITS INFLUENCE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 101 TO 106 DEGREES... AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 105.

THIS HEAT MAY PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER AT LEAST PART OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY... IF NOT THE WHOLE AREA. SHOULD THIS BE THE CASE... THIS WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO HEAT WAVES LAST EXPERIENCED IN THE DUST BOWL ERA OF THE 1930S.