The National Weather Service says to expect hot and humid conditions this afternoon.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1235 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015INZ006>009-017-018-023>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-292000-
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-
HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAGRANGE…TOPEKA…SHIPSHEWANA…
ANGOLA…FREMONT…KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…
GARRETT…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…
FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…WABASH…
NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…
DECATUR…BERNE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…HARTFORD CITY…
MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK…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
1235 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015…HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON…
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EVEN REACH 100 DEGREES IN A FEW ISOLATED AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69.
HEAT ILLNESSES ARE AN INCREASED POSSIBILITY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUN OR WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THESE CONDITIONS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE TODAY.