URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 407 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 MNZ003-029>032-040-NDZ039-049-052-053-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.HT.Y.0001.140721T1600Z-140722T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 407 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THIS IS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT HEAT WAVE OF THE SEASON...IN A YEAR THAT HAS BEEN COLDER THAN NORMAL. MANY WILL NOT BE ACCLIMATED TO THE HEAT. THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS... ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. 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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