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HEAT ADVISORY |
| Alert: |
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HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED JULY 04 AT 10:30AM EDT UNTIL JULY 07 AT 8:00PM EDT
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...* LOCATIONS...EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...THE MIAMI VALLEY...WEST
CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 105 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S.
* TIMING...THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* 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. PEOPLE LIVING IN COUNTIES WITH
POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE RECENT WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL BE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT. |
| Instructions: |
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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..VIEW STORM REPORTS MAP KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCH, WARNING, ADVISORY |
| Targt Area: |
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ADAMS; BROWN; DELAWARE; FAIRFIELD; FAYETTE; FRANKLIN; HIGHLAND; HOCKING; LICKING; MADISON; PICKAWAY; PIKE; ROSS; SCIOTO; UNION
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