Excessive Heat Warning for Stephenson County

From the NWS Quad Cities... The excessive heat watch for Stephenson, Carroll, Jo Daviess, and Whiteside counties is now an excessive heat warning:

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...


HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA
THIS WEEKEND AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH HUMIDITY
RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 110. LITTLE RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT SINCE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN
THE 70S. THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 SATURDAY AND THEN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE
AREA SUNDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AT
LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND COULD EXTEND INTO FRIDAY FOR ALL OR
PART OF THE AREA.

JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
TO MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT
INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 110. NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL BE IN THE
70S... OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

* IMPACTS...THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

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.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR. THIS
COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT
ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS ...STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.