Daytime highs: near 100 (heat index up to 105).
Outlook: Scattered thunderstorms are possible on Wednesday with more humid conditions. Slightly "cooler" for the rest of the week with highs near 90.
Heat Advisory for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 1034 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK AROUND 105. * VERY HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PEOPLE WHO SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE DAY...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. 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.
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