[LeArc] Heat Advisory until 7:00pm, Wed Aug 2 2006

My-Cast alerter at my-cast.com
Tue Aug 1 20:00:06 EDT 2006


JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-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...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...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
303 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL DAY
BEFORE THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES AND BREAKS THE HEAT WAVE.

THE HEAT INDEX WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 80 DEGREES AGAIN TONIGHT.
ON WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE MID AND
POSSIBLY UPPER 90S. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
LEVELS WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES.

HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REMAIN AROUND 100 DEGREES WELL INTO
WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS. ONCE THE RAIN DOES
BEGIN...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY.

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
LIKELY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...
STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK
UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.



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Duane Whittingham - N9SSN
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