Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 318 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...HEAT INDICES WILL RUN FROM 100 TO 106 FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .VERY HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RUNNING FROM 100 TO 106. WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- LYON-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 318 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE IN THE 100 TO 106 DEGREE RANGE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. * IMPACTS...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN...THOSE EXPOSED TO THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES COULD SUFFER FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND POTENTIALLY HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 105 DEGREES OR GREATER. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN THE SUN...OR IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. ALSO KEEP PLENTY OF LIQUIDS ON HAND AND TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. 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.