NWS has Continued a Excessive Heat Warning for Polk County until Tuesday @ 10:00 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TUESDAY TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH OR JUST EXCEED 100 DEGREES TOMORROW WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 111 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IMPACTS...THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAT WILL TAKE ITS TOLL...PARTICULARLY ON THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DELAYED TO A LATER DATE IF POSSIBLE...OR HELD IN THE MORNING TO MINIMIZE HEAT STRESS. THESE CUMULATIVE HEAT EFFECTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ENHANCED IN THE DES MOINES AREA DUE TO THE TENDENCY FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES IN LARGER METRO AREAS. THE IMPACTS MAY CONTINUE TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AS THE HEAT WAVE PERSISTS WITH ONLY MARGINALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. Locations impacted include:
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 01:53:08 +0000
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