[CTSARA] SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HEAT ADVISORY

[John Sabini Jr.]

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
Issue Date: 1220 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
Expiration: 900 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012


SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 490 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

 

CT.    CONNECTICUT COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

FAIRFIELD            HARTFORD            LITCHFIELD          
MIDDLESEX            NEW HAVEN           NEW LONDON          
TOLLAND              WINDHAM
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HEAT ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1156 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
Expiration: 600 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012


...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY...


NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1156 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

 

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY...EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND PASSAIC COUNTY.

 

* HAZARDS...HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

 

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...100 TO 104.

 

* TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

 

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS TO THOSE PRONE TO HEAT STRESS
SUCH AS SENIORS AND THOSE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS OR MENTAL
DISABILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 TO 104 DEGREES
FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS. 

 

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.

 

AT HOME...USE AIR CONDITIONING TO STAY COOL OR GO TO A PLACE THAT
HAS AIR CONDITIONING. DRINK WATER AT REGULAR INTERVALS. CHECK IN
ON YOUR AT-RISK FAMILY... FRIENDS... AND NEIGHBORS... ESPECIALLY
IF THEY DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING OR LIVE ALONE.

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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HEAT...VISIT


HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/HEAT/ (ALL LOWER CASE) &&

 

LATEST WEATHER & UPDATES.....

http://www.ctsara.org/ctsara_weather.html

 

J/S WB1GRB

 

 

 

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