...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 8 PM
EDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
8 PM EDT SUNDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S BOTH
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH READINGS ONLY COOLING OFF INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 70S SATURDAY NIGHT.
* HEAT INDEX...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT
IN THE HEAT INDEX RANGING FROM 100 TO 103 BOTH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT
STROKE...CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE
CONDITIONS.
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 911.
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