URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
343 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014
Read the official NWS Heat Advisory Statement .THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE SEASON SO FAR IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS REACHING A RANGE OF 100 TO AROUND 105 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…BRINGING RELIEF IN THE FORM OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND THEN COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON- HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…DUBUQUE…VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MAQUOKETA…MARENGO…IOWA CITY…TIPTON… CLINTON… MUSCATINE…BETTENDORF… DAVENPORT…SIGOURNEY…WASHINGTON…WAPELLO…FAIRFIELD…
MOUNT PLEASANT…BURLINGTON…KEOSAUQUA….FORT MADISON…MOLINE…ROCK ISLAND…ALEDO… OQUAWKA… CARTHAGE…MEMPHIS…KAHOKA
343 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* TIMING…AROUND NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES…100 TO AROUND 105 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S…AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE HEAT ILLNESSES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM… STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS… ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY, AND DON’T FORGET YOUR PETS.
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.
