NEWS ARCHIVE

(Clinton) -- ...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED...read the NWS statement here

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

323 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012

.HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES THROUGH THE WEEK. DAYTIME HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO AROUND 105 DEGREES...AND HEAT INDICES AT NIGHT MAY ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S.

Including the Counties - BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-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...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA

323 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 105 DURING THE DAYTIME. THERE WILL BE LITTLE RELIEF AT NIGHT AS HEAT INDEX VALUES ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S.

* IMPACTS...THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ARE CUMULATIVE OVER TIME. HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

Written 7/3/2012 by Station Staff

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