URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 945 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR TO ABOVE 100 TO PERSIST... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES AROUND 100. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE 70...WITH NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICES ABOVE 75. INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060-062>065-070>074-078>082-088-180945- /O.CON.KILN.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130720T0100Z/ WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY... CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA... OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET... MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA... GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE... PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... EATON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE... LOGAN...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON... PORTSMOUTH 945 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FRIDAY... * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. * TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 ARE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO STAY ABOVE 75. * IMPACTS...HEAT STROKE... HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OUTDOORS...OR ARE INVOLVED IN ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. 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. 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 911. CONIGLIO
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