...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURE...IN THE LOWER 90S OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS
AND THE MIDDLE 90S ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST.
* IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM THE 100 TO 105 ARE POSSIBLE
MOST AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HEAT INDEX VALUES APROACHING
110 ARE POSSIBLE FAR SOUTHWEST SOUTH SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS 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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