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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 416 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .INTENSE HEAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. INCREASING HUMIDITY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COOL FRONT WILL MAKE IT FEEL EVEN HOTTER...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMBING TO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. SOME RELIEF MAY OCCUR ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON...AS WINDS TURN ONSHORE AND DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S NEAR THE SHORE. ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 281730- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 416 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2012 /516 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /1 PM EDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURE...FORECAST HIGHS RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 105 DEGREES. MODERATE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 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 WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HIGH 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. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING HOT WEATHER WHEN THE CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES!
((HUGS))Good morning, Beach.
Everyone take it easy out there with the hot weather.
How's it going?
