Heat Advisory

BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-PULASKI-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER- WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD... MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 711 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 106 DEGREES ON SATURDAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. YOUNG CHILDREN... THE ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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.