Heat Advisory

WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DARKE- PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...GREENVILLE... EATON...DAYTON...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...MILFORD... GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION 1056 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HEAT INDEX VALUES...100 TO 104 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...AND DEWPOINTS NEAR 70. * TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OUTDOORS...OR ARE INVOLVED IN ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR 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 911.