...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 106 TO 111 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE HEAT RELATED ILLNESS LIKE HEAT STRESS...HEAT CRAMPS AND POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE MORE LIKELY.
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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