...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HEAT TODAY...
.EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S AND COMBINE WITH
DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. HEAT INDICIES AS HIGH
AS 112 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM STOCKVILLE TO NORTH PLATTE TO ANSELMO TO BREWSTER TO
CHAMBERS TO SPENCER. THERE WILL THEN BE SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN HEAT
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS HEAT INDICIES STAY ABOVE 75 DEGREES INTO
EARLY MORNING TOMORROW.
ELSEWHERE, DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDICIES LARGELY
100 TO 104 ARE EXPECTED.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING.
* IMPACTS...ILLNESSES RELATED TO HEAT ARE POSSIBLE.
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.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. 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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