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HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR ACROSS THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* COOLER WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

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 9 1 1.

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.

 

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