URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 346 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
...HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...
.A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE LOCAL AREA INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON....PROLONGING THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOW 90S AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S WILL CAUSE HOT MUGGY CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE LOW 70S THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF AT NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE IF NO PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS ARE TAKEN. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.