Also available – Today’s weather story.
Latest update from the National Weather Service on the Heat Advisory in effect from Noon today until 9:00 p.m. tonight:
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
400 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-181600-
/O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0001.150718T1600Z-150719T0100Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MICHIGAN CITY…LA PORTE…SOUTH BEND…
MISHAWAKA…NEW CARLISLE…WALKERTON…ELKHART…GOSHEN…
NAPPANEE…LAGRANGE…TOPEKA…SHIPSHEWANA…ANGOLA…FREMONT…
KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…KNOX…
NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…WINAMAC…FRANCESVILLE…MEDARYVILLE…
PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…CULVER…ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…
WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…MENTONE…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…
SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…MONTICELLO…BROOKSTON…
MONON…LOGANSPORT…ROYAL CENTER…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…
WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…BLUFFTON…
OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…
HARTFORD CITY…MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK…NILES…
BENTON HARBOR…ST. JOSEPH…BUCHANAN…DOWAGIAC…CASSOPOLIS…
MARCELLUS…STURGIS…THREE RIVERS…WHITE PIGEON…MENDON…
COLDWATER…BRONSON…HILLSDALE…LITCHFIELD…JONESVILLE…
BRYAN…WAUSEON…ARCHBOLD…FAYETTE…SWANTON…DEFIANCE…
SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…NAPOLEON…DESHLER…LIBERTY CENTER…
PAULDING…ANTWERP…MELROSE…OTTAWA…PANDORA…KALIDA…
FORT JENNINGS…VAN WERT…DELPHOS…OHIO CITY…LIMA…
SPENCERVILLE
400 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING…
* HIGH TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON.
* PEAK HEAT INDICES…HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 110 FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WHICH MAY CAUSE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES TO DEVELOP DUE TO PROLONGED EXPOSURE…PARTICULARLY WITH THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
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.