Heat Advisory - Western Stateline Counties

...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER THROUGH TUESDAY...


HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. THIS COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70S WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 100 TO 105.
THE HOTTEST DAY APPEARS TO BE ON TUESDAY WHEN HIGHS WILL SOAR
INTO THE MIDDLE TO POSSIBLY UPPER 90S IN MANY AREAS RESULTING IN
HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING OR POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES.
AS A RESULT...AN UPGRADE TO A HEAT WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR
PORTIONS OF THE AREA MONDAY...AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY. A COLD
FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BRINGING RELIEF IN THE FORM OF SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS
HUMID CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LASTING UNTIL TUESDAY
EVENING WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

* HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
PRODUCING HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100. LIGHT WINDS WILL PROVIDE
LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S
ON MONDAY AND INTO THE MIDDLE 90S ON TUESDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH
DEW POINTS IN THE 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO
AROUND 110 BOTH DAYS. OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE IN
THE 70S... PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

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.

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.