Daytime highs: near the all-time hottest temperature of 106 degrees.
Outlook: It will remain very warm through the weekend, but temperatures will drop back into the middle and upper 90s. No significant rain is expected.
Excessive Heat Warning for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Wells and Whitley counties.
Fire Weather Warning for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
Excessive Heat Warning for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 1122 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 RECORD BREAKING HEAT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON .TORRID UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL EXPAND EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND BRING THE HOTTEST WEATHER SINCE 1988. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY LATE AFTERNOON WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 100S. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AIR TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 106 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. * RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES 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. 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.
Fire Weather Warning for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 1138 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...102 TO 105. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...MOST OF THE COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA ARE ALREADY UNDER BURN BANS DUE TO THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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